21st May: Ashton Under Lyne Barracks

These census entries are now complete for 1851-1911.

They are available at www.c5d.co.uk/ladysmithbarracks.htm

My next project is the Workhouse in Ashton Under Lyne

So far 1841, 1851 & 1871 are available. In 1861 the enumerator used just the initials of the residents !!

Antony

21st May 2010; Back to Normal

The ONS are now claiming to be back to normal.

Only time will tell of course, but hopefully certificates should now start to arrive within the ususal five days.

Let's hope for the best

Antony

10th May 2010: Ashton Under Lyne Barracks Censuses

I've started another section on the Hurst web site;

The censuses for the Barracks on Mossley Road. So far 1851-1891 are done though not 1881 as it's already up there for free on the LDS site.

There is no 1841 census though as it wasn't built till 1843 !

I guess a month should see the completion of 1901 and 1911.

www.c5d.co.uk/ladysmithbarracks.htm is the web page.

Hopefully someone will find this useful


Antony

10th May 2010 Another Week On:- No progress

Still no progress on the waiting time for certificates I'm afraid.

The ONS are still quoting 12 working days yet hope to be back to normal from next week !

Believe it when it actually happens.

At last;- an improvement 30th April

Well we have finally seen a reduction in the extended timeframe from the ONS for issuing certificates.

From a quoted 5 to 10 days delay we have a revised delay now of 7 working days.

That's still ten days in real terms and with a Bank Holiday on Monday that doesn't help but it's a start I suppose.

From Bad to Worse: 21st April 2010

So much for the optimism on 6th April when we thought that the delays would begin to ease.

The ONS are now saying it will be another four weeks !! Yes 17th May before the ordering system will be back to normal as they just cannot cope.

When will they ever begin to care about their customers ? The service they provide is consistently poor and customer care appears to be non existant.

Oh well roll on summer when we'll see how they did with their latest prediction.

13th April 2010: Further ONS Delays

The ONS Website has changed this morning and sadly for the worse.

They are now saying that they are taking ten days to issue certificates ordered before the price increase.

With the Easter holidays included in this period, that's almost three weeks for certificates to come through.

Oh well, patience is a virtue they say and our ancestors are going anywhere; but it is frustrating !!!

Antony