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   miked to john   
   Re: Ancestry   
   23 Dec 23 23:31:28   
   
   From: dmike204@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   john wrote:   
      
   > On 08/12/2023 15:42, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> In message  at Fri, 8 Dec 2023 06:36:58,   
   >> knuttle  writes   
   >> []   
      
   > After the England/Wales 1921 census are there any major databases to add   
   > which would attract researchers? I doubt many "millennials" will be   
   > interested (and their parents/grandparents will possibly already have   
   > done significant research?) It is mainly filling gaps so they will have   
   > to invent "gimmicks" to keep the money flowing in.   
      
   dunno if this is already answered but they do hold the 1939 register,   
   although anyone deemed still alive when it was uploaded is redacted,   
   but i've found it very useful even so. Personally I find ancestry   
   much more informative than FMP; ancestry generally finds more accurate   
   hits than FMP, but occasionally FMP finds something ancestry cant.   
      
   My main gripe with ancestry is that sometimes sources I find 1 day seem to   
   vanish or not come up when I search for them another day, plus there   
   is the problem with all digital collections, they depend on the   
   efficiency of the scanner and the state of the original document.   
   Sometimes names are terribly mangled. Thats why I find UK govt   
   proposals to destroy millions of old wills and just rely on   
   digital versions quite alarming.   
      
   Mike   
      
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