Except 1881? That is on Ancestry and a couple of others, I think. Just checked. Also at Genes Reunited and Find My Past and partially at FreeCen Cheers Steve On 03/07/2011 00:38, ListMail wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edwina Higgins"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Ess] Essex Records Office online > > >> No one likes paying for access to archives - me included. But I have to >> say I would rather pay my pennies to support the actual ERO itself than >> to support a commercial company. Lesser of two evils? >> > It is worth noting that without commercial operators taking a business risk, > then a lot of the information we enjoy on the Internet would not be > available to us. > > Census data all years and areas 1841 - 1911 except 1881. Previously the data > was available only in patches and then one had to purchase multiple CDs. > > London parish registers from the LMA and an increasing number of other > regions. Passenger lists, immigration and emigration lists. And many more. > > When one lives 12,000 miles away from where records are held, as I do, one > appreciates the relatively low cost of getting data from commercial > providers as well as government and county agencies. > > Even this list is available to you free of charge thanks to a commercial > business. > > Keith Wellington, NZ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Steve wrote: > Except 1881? > > That is on Ancestry and a couple of others, I think. > > Just checked. Also at Genes Reunited and Find My Past and partially at FreeCen It was originally available on FamilySearch free of charge. The transcript is free (or should be) on all other sites. There is a charge for the images on the subscription sites. I think that's what Keith was driving at: the 1881 is a freebie. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/