Perhaps you have been particularly unlucky with the 1837 1861 census Mike. I have found plenty of errors in it but have been able to identify my own family. The good thing about 1837 is that they react very quickly if you point out the errors AND they refund the money you pay to see and correct their transcription. I'm a satisfied customer. Eileen On Monday, December 5, 2005, at 01:04 pm, garrettcm wrote: > > A good E-mail from Peter Dooley after a very frustrating session. > 1837.online has been great and has got me miles down the road on every > family branch but their 1861 census was a disaster. All got married > in the 1850's, I have their marriage certificates so I know they are > there but not on the 1861 search facility. I can only conclude that > they were badly transcibed. Any body else think the same, no > alternative but a visit to the reference library which is not too far > away. > > British origins was my next port of call, my first try. Any tips on > getting started. I log on then they want me to log on again. I search > from the front page then I have to pay or go through the repeat SOG > log on. I thought it was free up to 72 hours! Any body tryed the > Irish links. > > Many thanks > Mike Garrett, Cheshire >