It seems we have lost the longstanding free transcription of the UK 1881 Census on Family Search where you could see the entire household details in full (with the option of previous and next households). If you go to their old home page it will now redirect you to their new version, unless you click on the link to the old version. However when you elect to go to the old website page and search for the census it takes you to their new census page: which only results in minimal detail of the individual and prospective links to the other individuals in the household. Not bad I suppose for free but not as useable, in my opinion, as the old way. Unless you go down the pay per view route to see the original via a link. I have found a free index search on Ancestry to this specific census but again you have to pay to see the original. The long-standing Family Search old version was a good tool which looks to be no longer available - unless anyone know differently?

Yes I miss that too John, so easy to use, shame it is no longer freely available. Linda.

John, It's still there, of sorts. When you go to the new site, down the bottom to the left of the world map, click on British Isles collection and follow the prompts to census 1881. You still get the transcription for free, but the format is different. When you get your search results, you need to click on the name in blue above the camera icon. That will open up the transcription. To get individual relationships, occupations and birthplaces you need to click on each person. I agree it's not as good as it was, but it's still there. And what they tried to do was link though the indexes to sources and images of original data. The idea is laudable, but not sure if it's a success. I can still do what I used to do. It's just a case of learning a few new tricks. Peter

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/search_census.asp?first_name=&last_name=Bullas&fathers_first_name=&fathers_last_name=&mothers_first_name=&mothers_last_name=&spouses_first_name=&spouses_last_name=&event_index=0&to_date=&from_date=&juris1=&juri > From: pbo08596@bigpond.net.au > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:48:29 +1000 > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] 1881 Census at familysearch.org > > John, > > It's still there, of sorts. > > When you go to the new site, down the bottom to the left of the world > map, click on British Isles collection and follow the prompts to census > 1881. > > You still get the transcription for free, but the format is different. > > When you get your search results, you need to click on the name in blue > above the camera icon. That will open up the transcription. > > To get individual relationships, occupations and birthplaces you need to > click on each person. > > I agree it's not as good as it was, but it's still there. > > And what they tried to do was link though the indexes to sources and > images of original data. The idea is laudable, but not sure if it's a > success. > > I can still do what I used to do. It's just a case of learning a few new > tricks. > > Peter > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message