At least they seem to be putting effort into getting it right before launch - memories of the 1901 census fiasco spring to mind! Lawrence On 25/10/2011 20:44, Karen Dickson wrote: > I queried the ERO about this and just received the following response - > > " We apologize for the delay in launching the new system. It has taken > longer than expected to sort out some technical issues. There is now no > formal launch date, but we still expect to go live within a few weeks: the > most likely date is 7 November." > > Karen > Sydney, Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Karen Dickson > Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 1:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ess] Essex Record Office - New Online Service > > Does anyone know what is happening with the new service? It seems the > launch date keeps moving further into the future. If I remember correctly I > thought it was due to launch today (24th October, 2011) but now the website > states the following with no launch date noted - > > > > "Essex Record Office will shortly be launching Essex Ancestors, a new online > service giving unlimited access to Essex parish registers and wills. Use of > Essex Ancestors will be subject to payment of a subscription for a chosen > period ranging from one day to one year. Access to this online resource will > be free in the Essex Record Office searchroom. Seax will be unavailable from > 8 a.m. (BST) on launch day for approximately one hour." > > > > Cheers > > Karen > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >