Good Morning Nivard, I don't understand how the various Findmypast web sites work. Way back when, I used to have a findmypast.com subscription and then about 5 or 6 years ago, after the company was bought by BrightSolid, I received an E-mail saying that I should use findmypast.co.uk instead - and I've been doing that ever since. However, one thing that I am sure about is, that if you pay the worldwide price, you should get access to all the databases that you are paying for. I suggest that you write to Findmypast, telling them what you are not able to access and ask them to fix it - perhaps by transferring your access to the .co.uk web site. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Hi Marion Yes I too go back to the 1837online days and have used FMP in all its guises I took out the worldwide subscription under an offer they were then running, only to find they excluded a lot of the UK records, despite many emails back and forth I have only ever had their hint that one day it will be all available to me Because of promises of new data like the electoral rolls I renewed I am still waiting The UK electoral rolls 2002 - 2014 are not available to me Some of the UK records I have now discovered are available, Divorces and Boyds but as far as I can see the death Duties index is still not usable neither are the GWR shareholders So partly there but still a way to go Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/01/2014 10:12, Marion Woolgar wrote: > Good Morning Nivard, > > I don't understand how the various Findmypast web sites work. Way back > when, I used to have a findmypast.com subscription and then about 5 or 6 > years ago, after the company was bought by BrightSolid, I received an > E-mail saying that I should use findmypast.co.uk instead - and I've been > doing that ever since. > However, one thing that I am sure about is, that if you pay the worldwide > price, you should get access to all the databases that you are paying for. > I suggest that you write to Findmypast, telling them what you are not able > to access and ask them to fix it - perhaps by transferring your access to > the .co.uk web site. > > Best wishes, > > Marion Woolgar > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > >

I have an FMP World Subscription and I can certainly get the electoral rolls. Would you like a look up Nivard? Ruth in Hampshire > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:01:47 +0000 > From: ovington.one@gmail.com > To: listmail008@btinternet.com; sussex-plus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SXP] British in India records > > > Because of promises of new data like the electoral rolls I renewed > > I am still waiting > > The UK electoral rolls 2002 - 2014 are not available to me > > Some of the UK records I have now discovered are available, Divorces and > Boyds but as far as I can see the death Duties index is still not usable > neither are the GWR shareholders > > So partly there but still a way to go > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >

On 30/01/2014 10:12, Marion Woolgar wrote: > I don't understand how the various Findmypast web sites work. Way back > when, I used to have a findmypast.com subscription and then about 5 or 6 > years ago, after the company was bought by BrightSolid, I received an > E-mail saying that I should use findmypast.co.uk instead - and I've been > doing that ever since. As I undertand it all the addresses, (.co.uk, .com, etc) all point to the same servers. It's only within the servers that the redirection to the UK only or worldwide access happens depending on the suffix used. Worldwide should give access to ALL databases as you say. FindMyPast has a habit of rolling out access rather than giving blanket access to all immediately. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/

Hi Connie I can't say if they use the same servers, however they are two different sites The search on the UK site although poor is a whole lot better than the .com version I find that FMP announce new data then take an age to deliver if they ever do, whereas Ancestry release new data and don't tell you they have FMP obviously have a different definition of worldwide to most peoples Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > As I undertand it all the addresses, (.co.uk, .com, etc) all point to > the same servers. It's only within the servers that the redirection > to the UK only or worldwide access happens depending on the suffix used. > > Worldwide should give access to ALL databases as you say. FindMyPast > has a habit of rolling out access rather than giving blanket access to > all immediately. >