In message <mailman.44.1446563590.30538.genbrit@rootsweb.com>, Guy Etchells via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> writes: [] >Thanks Eve. >The contract went to FMP as Anscestry would not take the huge risk to >digitise, transcribe & index the Register. >I don't know if you remember Ancestry dropped out of the 18911 contract >when they worked out how much it would cost them and the risk they >would have to take. >FMP at least had the courage in their convictions and took the risk. >Cheers >Guy Ancestry now also offer the 1911 census (though I think they had the "redacted" column in place rather longer than FMP did). So are Ancestry just reselling FMP scans and transcriptions, or did they eventually do their own after all? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf TV and radio presenters are just like many people, except they tend to wear make-up all the time. Especially the radio presenters. - Eddie Mair, in Radio Times 25-31 August 2012