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kylejustin
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14-08-08, 07:57
who is better for the census? i notice when i trawl thriugh the indexes, sometimes one site wil have my family and the other won't, or neither will have my family.
does one work out cheaper?
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14-08-08, 10:05
The National Archives link to Ancestry's census so they are the same apart from 1901.
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14-08-08, 11:21
The National Archives has a much more accurate transcription of the 1901 census than Ancestry.
Findmypast also has transcriptions of most censuses.
At present, I think the best value is still Ancestry, because you'll soon spend a lot of money on buying credits from the National Archives.
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14-08-08, 12:11
You do have to learn to use alternative spellings, or just put in place o birth and first name etc to find some people.
Remembering: Cuthbert Gregory 1889 - 1916, George Arnold Connelly 1886 - 1917, Thomas Lowe Davenport 1890 - 1917, Roland Davenport Farmer 1885 - 1916, William Davenport Sheffield 1879 - 1915, Cuthbert Gregory 1918 - 1944
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