1921 Census

[Anne in Carlisle]

I've just noticed that if you do a search and in the search results hover over the icons for image/transcription it gives the names of some of the other people in the household.

Maybe you all knew that but putting it here in case it helps!

Anne

[Katarzyna]

I found my mum age 1month old but she was as great niece and her parents as nephew and niece. I had expected to find her as a grandchild so had no idea who the head of household was.

I went to the address search and can see that there are two households within no 13 xxxxxxx road.

1 Screenshot 13 Phoenix road.jpg

I had already downloaded my Mum's image so downloaded the other as a transcription. It turned out to be her uncle on her mother's side.

[herky]

Fair chuffed... found my great aunt from Caithness. I have her in Scotland in 1911 then disappears, been searching ages.
She has turned up as a boarder in London, working as a waitress. So some progress.

The search was pretty easy but I do think if you pay for the original (as I did) you should get the transcription included. I like to cut and paste it into my tree.
Happy days... can't wait for the Scottish 1921 as that is where most of mine will be.

[JLB]

If you know the address where someone is living, go to the advanced search and put the address into the Optional Keywords section (don't use any names), you should get everyone living at that address

[Jill on the A272]

Some of the transcriptions are a bit off, Shitcroft Collages for a start which should be Stubcroft Cottages. For some reason my great grandfather's village of East Wittering has been transcribed as Earnley, East Wittering (Earnley is the next parish).

[GallowayLass]

Some of the transcriptions are a bit off, Shitcroft Collages for a start which should be Stubcroft Cottages. For some reason my great grandfather's village of East Wittering has been transcribed as Earnley, East Wittering (Earnley is the next parish).

Sounds like they have been farming out the transcribing to those who are not exactly competent and/or have not much local knowledge, if any. Operating at the level for which ancestry has become infamous will not do them any favours.

[bubblebelle]

I've just noticed that if you do a search and in the search results hover over the icons for image/transcription it gives the names of some of the other people in the household.

Maybe you all knew that but putting it here in case it helps!

Anne

Found this too Anne.
However my Youell spinsters are causing me problems again. Have tried some of the known mistranscriptions but no luck so far.

[Caroline]

I have a surname given as part of the address - because of where it was written on the schedule presumably.

"Wincoll" Tompkins, Ash Green Road, Ash & Normandy, Surrey, England is the transcription but it is actually "Wincoll" Ash Vale Rd. on the image. Ash Green is the parish.

On the same perfectly legible image, the first name has been transcribed two different ways. Once Osborne was Robert? The T was from the surname Tompkins. They also clearly couldn't manage an old fashioned E and read it as C even though Edwin was clearly written. Rather rushed I think.

[Gardengirl]

I wonder how much double checking was done ie each sheet being transcribed by more than one volunteer so the results could be compared?

[JayG]

Hello JayG .... long time no see, hope you are well?

I am thanks Julie, hope you all are too.

[Rachel Scand]

Having read through this thread, I do wonder how ‘off’ the free info is.

My grandmother, Louisa, is typed ‘Louise’.

A minor point, however, now I’d like to check it for myself 😊

[Caroline]

I wonder how much double checking was done ie each sheet being transcribed by more than one volunteer so the results could be compared?

According to their video it was all thoroughly checked😳

[GallowayLass]

According to their video it was all thoroughly checked😳

Hmmm. Does it say by whom and what their level of experience is?

[JayG]

Having read through this thread, I do wonder how ‘off’ the free info is.

My grandmother, Louisa, is typed ‘Louise’.

A minor point, however, now I’d like to check it for myself 😊

My great grandmother Mary is showing as May, i've viewed the image and May is what it looks like rather than Mary.

[GallowayLass]

I have logged out of my account at FMP on all devices so I'm starting from scratch while reading the info they have about the 1921 on their site.
I can see that I can choose card payment or Paypal to purchase an image. All fine but then I saw a screen about what they call micropayments which have replaced credits. What I can't figure out is this - is micropayments just another way of saying that you can pay by card etc. for a 1921 census image or is this a separate system? I can't seem to get any more info on micropayments. If they are a different thing to card payments, how do you purchase them?

[Guest]

Micropayments have replaced Credits on Findmypast. With Micropayments, you can access everything on the site on a pay-per-view basis, without a subscription. The cost of each record varies and with Micropayments you pay for each one you view individually. The price is clearly displayed before you purchase a record.

[GallowayLass]

Micropayments have replaced Credits on Findmypast. With Micropayments, you can access everything on the site on a pay-per-view basis, without a subscription. The cost of each record varies and with Micropayments you pay for each one you view individually. The price is clearly displayed before you purchase a record.

I saw that page but I am confused as to whether Micropayments is just fancy name for saying you can pay by debit or credit card and Paypal. In the page where it says you can pay for 1921 images using cards or Paypal there was a link to another page saying what you have posted. My brain must be tired from todays meeting as I was left thinking card payments and Micropayments were two different things.

[cbcarolyn]

I have not looked at any yet, as doesn't seem to be anything that I don't know. Guess I will get great grandparents just because!

Interesting that you can see the first 3 people when you hover over, can see yummy-mummy-amy Harry with is wife and first child that we weren't sure if it was theirs, so something for nothing! could be useful for some without spending.

[annswabey]

I go to the National Archives regularly, so will wait to search the 1921 census for free, otherwise it's pretty expensive

[Guest]

I hadn't realised you dont need to be a member to access the 1921 records Galloway, so imagine thats what they mean, you would only be spending a litte at a time and not registering your credit card???