Ian on January 13th, 2009

The 1911 Census from Findmypast.com will be going live tomorrow (14 Jan 2009)
Many more counties that were unavailable on the beta site over Christmas, including Lancashire, Essex, Kent, Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire and Herefordshire are now available. They say they will continue to scan the remainder of the census and will make the remaining counties [...]

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Ian on December 24th, 2008

FindMyPast have extended the beta test period (which was due to end yesterday) for a few days into the Christmas holidays - you should keep an eye on the 1911census blog to get updates on exactly when it will finish. However, do not wait too long - the beta site will not be available for [...]

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Ian on December 19th, 2008

A beta version of the 1911 UK census site is up and running at FindMyPast‘s website, unfortunately only  Staffordshire and London are available at the moment.
I’ve just downloaded a couple of my Staffs families. The searching is free but you have to pay 10 Credits to view a Transcript of the Household or 30 Credits [...]

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Ian on December 12th, 2008

I had a good breakthrough a few weeks ago, after years and years of searching, courtesy of the FreeBMD site.
My Maternal Grandfather’s older sister, Eleanor Maud “Nellie” YATES, seems to have been a bit of a black sheep and according to my Mom was never spoken of in the family. In fact Mom said she [...]

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Ian on December 8th, 2008

Thomas Addiss was born on the 30 January 1899 at 6 Lime Street, a small terraced house in Coppice, Sedgley, Staffordshire. He was the only son amongst the 9 children of Josiah and Julia Addiss (nee Caswell), my 2 x Great Grand Parents. His eldest sister Julia was my Paternal Grandmother’s mother.
He died on the [...]

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