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[arlibop]

AmI going mad! I've been using ancestry for several months and am sure that I could view a census record (not the original image) without having to pay to view. Now though it appears I have to pay to view even though it doesn't cost anything to look at the census records when I have.
Spoke to ancestry and they assure me that's always been the case,but I'm convinced I could do this. Has anyone else had this or am I really a total frutcake!
I have most of the census images already just need to check 1 or 2 missing ones which may have surnames wrongly transcribed and don't want to pay for something I might not need. Thanks in advance for any input

[spudqueen]

Hi arlibop, I've bought a years subscription to ancestry so I don't know about the pay to view, but if you want to post the names which you want to look up I could look them up for you. I don't know if you are aware, but http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet
are (or already have done) about to release census returns on their website, which are free if you have signed up to BMD records.

[dot.hawkes]

you can look at the census content apart from occupation on the site as far as i am aware, that is what i use. You can look at anyone in the same household too.

[arlibop]

Thanks for your offer spudqueen but one of the names is Johnson so lots of different spellings there! Will check out the site you mention. dot.hawkes thank you too now I know I'm not crazy! Wonder why Ancestry denied that youused to be able to do this and why I cant do it now. Grrr

[dot.hawkes]

actually i am not subscribing to the site at the moment but i can look at the 1881 free index, which gives all the info except occupation , the other indexes are locked out unless you subscribe and i am not doing that just now as i have no use for it, I am beyond census returns on all my lines, I am looking more at parish registers and quarter session records now.

[arlibop]

I used to be able to look at any census records and view any images I had already viewed in the past for any year but I can't do that anymore so if I want to look at an image I've already paid to see I have to pay again.
It's really annoying esp as they've put up the cost by �2 but not given extra time only an extra 2 views