On 2015-10-30 14:39:56 +0000, Guy Etchells via said: > On 28/10/2015 15:03, Tim Powys-Lybbe via wrote: >> On 27/10/2015 4:02 p.m., Anne Sherman wrote: >>> Find My Past have just announced that the 1939 register will be >>> available on from Monday 2nd November 2015. >>> >>> Records will be available to purchase for £6.95 per household, or >>> £24.95 for a 5 household bundle (£4.99 per household). It seems a >>> bit pricey but they did put a lot of work into it. >>> >>> Findmypast subscribers will be entitled to a discount. >> I was wondering about that discount but did not see anything on the >> announcement I received from FMP. >> >> FindMypast also got the 1911 census contract and set up a company to >> market and charge for this. The charges were on a piece basis with >> various discounts for quantity. >> >> I think that 1911-only site is only now being wound up. But very soon >> FMP added 1911 census access to their normal subscriptions, as have >> other genealogy data providers. >> >> What I wonder is how long it will be before FMP add the 1939 exercise to >> their normal FMP data subscription. As a potential customer of that >> data, I am happy not to buy access in a piecemeal fashion and await the >> merge into the full subscription. >> >> Who knows any more? >> > I believe the contract is until 31/3/2024 with potential to extend for > 4 further periods of 5 years each but the is no detail about > exclusivity on the on line tender docs. > > I am not sure but think the 1911 carried a 5 year exclusivity period > (from the time it went on line) and would assume a similar period for > this. > > If that is the case I would suggest that it would be around the 3 year > mark before it became part of the subscription site and a further 2 > years or so before other on line companies could gain access to it. > > Cheers > > Guy I think the exclusivity period for the 1911 must have been shorter than 5 years as Ancestry had images online in 2011. -- Tickettyboo