Jeanne. Thanks for this, I was prepared for the usual problems of missing individuals but did not realize it could be so extensive - something to bear in mind. I too am happy with the cost as I have been with the cost of their BMD indexes which I use extensively in conjunction with FreeBMD. Regards David Tappin d.tappin@ntlworld.com Family Personal Web Pages www.tappin.org.uk Family Genealogy Web Pages http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.tappin -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Bunting UK [mailto:firgrove@compuserve.com] Sent: 10 March 2005 06:57 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SoG] 1837 Online David, >I have used the site quite a number of times already and had no >problems in getting onto it except of course in finding every person that I want.< One thing to bear in mind is that there are a large number of people missing from the 1861 census, at least for London. For example, the whole of Belgrave Sub-District (55,000 people) is missing from the St George Hanover Square Registration District. This, incidentally, included Buckingham Palace. If anyone has the S&N CDs of the 1861 London census, and looks through the street indexes, I guarantee you will not find a single Registration District without missing houses, roads and even areas. I know - I have looked at every one. These street indexes were prepared by the then PRO for use with the films at the FRC, so it means that those designated as MISSING were never filmed even if the records existed. I must say that the search and sort facilities are really excellent and at a maximum of 30p a page it is excellent value. Not only that, but corrections are being done within days! Jeanne Bunting