In the email I received it talked of :- Interactive maps showing how your neighbourhood has changed over the past 130 years Local and national newspaper articles from 1939, giving you an insight into the world in which your family lived Photographs documenting life in 1930s and 1940s England and Wales, all of which have never before been available online Facts and figures comparing average ages, occupations and popular names in your area compared to the rest of the country Which appears to me to be padding out the record set to justify the price Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 28/10/2015 10:37, sally roberts via wrote: > That is extremely disappointing to hear, but thanks very much for the heads up. I have so many people in my tree that I'd be interested to find out about that it makes it a very expensive option to take up. > > I wonder what "wealth of additional information" actually means? > > Regards, > Sally

Yes, it's just as I feared. I can understand that it has important role as the 1931 census was destroyed and there wasn't a census in 1941, but I'm not sure that is enough to justify the huge price people will have to pay. The blessing for me is that I have enough family memorabilia from those days for me to know the ins and outs of my immediate family at the time, but there are plenty of other people who simply don't have access to such things and it's harder for them. And more expensive. Especially when, as researchers, we all know that it isn't as easy as people in the business of selling genealogy services like to make out.  Regards, Sally > > In the email I received it talked of :- > > Interactive maps showing how your neighbourhood has changed over the > past 130 years > > Local and national newspaper articles from 1939, giving you an insight > into the world in which your family lived > > Photographs documenting life in 1930s and 1940s England and Wales, all > of which have never before been available online > > Facts and figures comparing average ages, occupations and popular names > in your area compared to the rest of the country > > > Which appears to me to be padding out the record set to justify the price > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

"FindMyPast said: “Because of the amount of work involved, and wealth of additional information we’re providing around the records"" That, is what we Already pay our subscriptions for. Regards, Penny On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:06 AM, sally roberts via <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it's just as I feared. I can understand that it has important role as > the 1931 census was destroyed and there wasn't a census in 1941, but I'm > not sure that is enough to justify the huge price people will have to pay. > > The blessing for me is that I have enough family memorabilia from those > days for me to know the ins and outs of my immediate family at the time, > but there are plenty of other people who simply don't have access to such > things and it's harder for them. And more expensive. Especially when, as > researchers, we all know that it isn't as easy as people in the business of > selling genealogy services like to make out. > > Regards, > Sally > > > > > In the email I received it talked of :- > > > > Interactive maps showing how your neighbourhood has changed over the > > past 130 years > > > > Local and national newspaper articles from 1939, giving you an insight > > into the world in which your family lived > > > > Photographs documenting life in 1930s and 1940s England and Wales, all > > of which have never before been available online > > > > Facts and figures comparing average ages, occupations and popular names > > in your area compared to the rest of the country > > > > > > Which appears to me to be padding out the record set to justify the price > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [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 >