Puzzled by a couple of things. Have clicked on your website for 1921 and can't seem to see it come up. So if someone can put in Walter Cecil Corey living in Sydney and aged about 7. Father was Fred Corey. Also, Ancestry.ca advertises $9.95 and I am being charged $14.95 for what is supposed to be Ancestry.ca. Nigel Service, Halifax,NS On Friday, August 9, 2013, wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Census (Maureen McNeil) > 2. Re: Census 1921 On-line (Trish LeBlanc) > 3. Re: Census 1921 On-line (Margaret McLean) > 4. Re: Census (Vincent MacNeil) > 5. the 1921 census - subdistrict maps/descriptions > (Victoria Boutilier) > 6. Re: Census (Margaret McLean) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 23:30:01 -0300 > From: "Maureen McNeil" <[email protected]> > Subject: [NS-CB] Census > To: "CB List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Ancestry being a private company is much quicker than the government to > get the material online. > I didn't have to pay when I connected to the site. If you go to the > ancestry site below, you just > scroll down the page and click start browsing. On the right you click the > province and then districts. > > > http://search.ancestry.ca/ or Google 1921 Canadian Census and connect > to the ancestry url. > > I am having a ball with it. > Maureen McNeil > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 23:46:31 -0300 > From: Trish LeBlanc <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > To: Vincent MacNeil <[email protected]> > Cc: Cape Breton List <[email protected]>, > [email protected], Cape Breton List < > [email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > [email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I too, have a subscription, but I just tried it when I wasn't logged in and > it does ask you to register, but you can still view the records for free. > > As for the legibility, maybe it was just the districts I was looking at. > > Trish > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Vincent MacNeil < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > I don't know why it was released to ancestry.ca and that wasn't my > > explanation. It was just a link to a blog where the release was > announced. > > > > I was really surprised that ancestry released it. > > > > I have an ancestry.ca membership so I can see it but I thought the first > > time I logged on it said something about opening a free account??? > > > > I think you can search it for free? > > > > Vince > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Margaret McLean" <[email protected]> > > To: "Vincent MacNeil" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Cape Breton List" <[email protected]>; > > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 10:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > > > > > > Thanks for your explanation Vince. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IT WAS > > > RELEASED TO ANCESTRY.CA??? Did they pay for this privilege? Guess we > > all > > > will have to go to our public libraries where you can access > Ancestry.ca > > > for "free". > > > > > > What was the purpose of signing a petition and writing to the minister > > > when only 2,000 took part. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I > believe > > > more than 2,000 took part in the CBGHA contest to win monies for their > > > genealogy project? > > > > > > Have a good one. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Vincent MacNeil" <[email protected]> > > > To: "Lee Harvie" <[email protected]> > > > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:30 PM > > > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > > > > > > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> > > >> If you go to this link: > > >> > > >> > > > http://genealogycanada.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-1921-canada-census-will-be-released.html > > >> > > >> > > >> You will see this post which explains things. > > >> > > >> Wednesday, August 7, 2013 > > >> The 1921 Canada Census will be released August 8th > > >> I have just received notice at 3:07 this afternoon (Aug 7th) from the > > LAC > > >> that the 1921 Canada Census will be released to Ancestry.ca tomorrow > > >> afternoon at around 2 pm Eastern Time. At first, it will be available, > > >> with the geographic index ONLY, free of charge, on Ancestry. > > >> > > >> > > >> Ancestry should be releasing a FULL NOMINAL INDEX this fall. This > index > > >> will be available to Ancestry.ca subscribers for 3 years. At the end > of > > >> three years, the LAC will get a copy and will make it available for > > free > > >> off of our census platform that was entirely redesigned recently. > > >> > > >> > > >> So folks, that is the story. > > >> > > >> > > >> It will appear tomorrow afternoon at http://www.ancestry.ca/census > > >> > > >> > > >> I would like to thank everyone for all the letters that were written > to > > >> the Heritage Department, and the petition that was signed with over > > 2,000 > > >> signatures, and were sent to the office of Minister Moore. Thank you > > all. > > >> > > >> > > >> I can hardly wait ... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Posted by Elizabeth Lapointe at 4:52 PM > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: Lee Harvie > > >> To: Vincent MacNeil > > >> Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] > > >> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 5:04 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > >> > > >> > > >> The images only, no index yet. > > >> > > >> > > >> No images or index on the Library and Archives Canada website. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> LHH > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 8 August 2013 16:30, Vincent MacNeil <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> > > >> The Census of 1921 is available at Ancestry.ca > > >> > > >> Vince > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Trish LeBlanc > Wilmot, NS > > Researching - LeBlanc, Aucoin, Cameron & MacLean families > of Cape Breton and all families in the Margaree area > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tleblanc/index.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 22:44:49 -0400 > From: Margaret McLean <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > To: "Trish LeBlanc" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], Cape Breton List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yep, it asks you to register for $9.95 a month. I chose not to go any > further because they will give you a 2-week free trial and then start > charging. This is ancestry's way of doing business. I do know one can > access it for free at the Public Library if they have a subscription to it. > I've done that before. Yes, I realized that the explanation came from the > blog you mentioned. I went and read the same thing. I don't particularly > like the ending " ... and that's the way it is." > > With thanks, Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Trish LeBlanc > To: Vincent MacNeil > Cc: Margaret McLean ; [email protected] ; Cape Breton List ; Cape > Breton List > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > > I too, have a subscription, but I just tried it when I wasn't logged in > and it does ask you to register, but you can still view the records for > free. > > > As for the legibility, maybe it was just the districts I was looking at. > > > > Trish > > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Vincent MacNeil < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Margaret, > > I don't know why it was released to ancestry.ca and that wasn't my > explanation. It was just a link to a blog where the release was > announced. > > I was really surprised that ancestry released it. > > I have an ancestry.ca membership so I can see it but I thought the > first > time I logged on it said something about opening a free account??? > > I think you can search it for free? > > Vince > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret McLean" <[email protected]> > To: "Vincent MacNeil" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Cape Breton List" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 10:43 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > > > Thanks for your explanation Vince. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IT WAS > > RELEASED TO ANCESTRY.CA??? Did they pay for this privilege? Guess > we all > > will have to go to our public libraries where you can access > Ancestry.ca > > for "free". > > > > What was the purpose of signing a petition and writing to the > minister > > when only 2,000 took part. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I > believe > > more than 2,000 took part in the CBGHA contest to win monies for > their > > genealogy project? > > > > Have a good one. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vincent MacNeil" <[email protected]> > > To: "Lee Harvie" <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 On-line > > > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> If you go to this link: > >> > >> > http://genealogycanada.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-1921-canada-census-will-be-released.html > >> > >> > >> You will see this post which explains things. > >> > >> Wednesday, August 7, 2013 > >> The 1921 Canada Census will be released August 8th > >> I have just received notice at 3:07 this afternoon (Aug 7th) from > the LAC > >> that the 1921 Canada Census will be released to Ancestry.ca tomorrow > >> afternoon at around 2 pm Eastern Time. At first, it will be > available, > >> with the geographic index ONLY, free of charge, on Ancestry. > >> > >> > >> Ancestry should be releasing a FULL NOMINAL INDEX this fall. This > index > >> will be available to Ancestry.ca subscribers for 3 years. At the > end of > >> three years, the LAC will get a copy and will make it available > for free > >> off of our census platform that was entirely redesigned recently. > >> > >> > >> So folks, that is the story. > >> > >> > >> It will appear tomorrow afternoon at http://www.ancestry.ca/census > >> > >> > >> I would like to thank everyone for all the letters that were > written to > >> the Heritage Department, and the petition that was signed with over > 2,000 > >> signatures, and were sent to the office of Minister Moore. Thank > you all. > >> > >> > >> I can hardly wait ... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Posted by Elizabeth Lapointe at 4:52 PM > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Lee Harvie > >> To: Vincent MacNeil > >> Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] > >> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 5:04 PM > >> Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Census 1921 -- Best Regards, Nigel The information contained in this email is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Its contents (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, disseminate, copy or print its contents. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete and destroy the message.