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Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:20 pm

http://www.ancestry.com/gma/default.asp ... o_xt=27126
Ancestry.com is free for the next three days.
Yes you have to create an account.
No you dont have to give credit card details

Enjoy
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Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Bertha
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Post by Bertha » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:06 pm

Thanks for the link Tracey.
Have found 2 of my families unfortunatley, there was no name to contact.
Will have fun browsing though
Bertha
looking for
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
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garibaldired
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Post by garibaldired » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:21 pm

Tracey,

:D :D :D :D !!!

I can't believe this - I think I'm going to be up all night and my printer cartridge is going to run out of ink!

Thank you VERY much for this link.
Meg
Main family lines are Harpers from Midlothian, Fife & Kinross-shire, and Dobies/Dobbies from Midlothian. Also Strathearn, Stobie, Layden and Downie.
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Ted
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Post by Ted » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:38 pm

Nice one Tracey

Just what I needed tonight - thanks lots.

Ted
Looking for Allan / Gordon / Troup / McInnes / Grant / Taylor / Jackson from Aberdeen (city & shire) & Banffshire
Alexander / Allan / Stewart in W Lothian
Allan / Burnett in USA and Canada / Davidson & Philp in Fife and Lanarkshire
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Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:44 pm

So, not much sleep happening for the next three days then !
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Thrall
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Post by Thrall » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:48 am

Time up! ...but did you all realise that the Canadian census is free on:
ancestry.co.uk
at present as seems to be all the English and other censi - at least I´ve been there the last few days with no results but no melted card either!

Guid hunting,

Thrall
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Maisie
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Post by Maisie » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:56 pm

I'm still getting in for nothing and my account says valid from 1-5 November, so you may be able to squeeze in a few more searches!

Maisie
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Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:23 pm

Hi Thrall

The only free Canadian census i can see on Ancestry.co.uk is this ......

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia :?
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Jockbird
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Post by Jockbird » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:54 pm

Hi All,

Like Maisie, I've just been on and am still able to do searches & view images.

You might be able to squeeze in a few more before sunday lunch!

Happy hunting
Donna :wink:
x

p.s. Thanks for the link in the first place Tracey.
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Thrall
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Post by Thrall » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:42 pm

Hi Tracey, I´m sure you are right about there being a limited number of Canadian censi available on Ancestry.co.uk. I did now however try "John Smith" and found him in Canada in 21 different censi including 1901 Nova Scotia and Ontario, 1906 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1911 British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario plus over 20 other lesser county censi. As far as I could see, there were also over two hundred censi in other countries including UK and US with his name, all free as far as I could see and images available.
I only mentioned the Canadian census as I tried the freebie at Ancestry.com and found the Canadian census for 1911 locked, subscription only, but could view it free on Ancestry.co.uk when I tried a few minutes later.

After all that, "my" family seems not to have departed west until after 1911!..... :cry:

Guid hunting,

Thrall

On reflection, perhaps I entered a "free offer" inadvertently. I have no subscription and used no plastic though! If it lasts for a few days, there´s lots that can be done - or could have been, if I´d not paid for it all in the past..... :?
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