disaster at the National Archives in Kew

News | The National Archives announces its partner in digitising the 1911 census:
"The National Archives is delighted to announce that ScotlandOnline will partner the UK government´s official archive in the forthcoming project to put the 1911 census for England and Wales online.

The 1911 census (document references RG 14 and RG 78) is huge - it currently occupies 2 kilometres of shelving at The National Archives. Comprising over eight million householder schedules and a further 38,000 enumerators´ summary books, it details information relating to approximately 35 million people then living in England and Wales. "

Dr Richard Callison of Scotland Online, said:

"The 1911 census records will provide a mine of important historical information and I´m delighted that The National Archives has chosen to work with Scotland Online on this momentous project. We have a strong track record in the field of genealogy, having worked in partnership with the General Register Office for Scotland since 2002 to publish almost 50 million pages of Scottish historical records, all of which are now available to view online."

THIS IS A DISASTER BECAUSE THE PARENT GROS IS A MONEY GRABBING PAY PER VIEW SITE
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I cannot speak for the quality of the transcriptions because the service is too expensive for me as an OAP on a tiny budget

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