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Posted: 3 January 2002 at 12:13

So the Public Records Office launched the 1901 Census on the web, so that people could look up family members of former residents of their properties and so forth. Then, lots of people went to the site to look up family members of former residents of their properties and so forth. When I say lots, I mean far more than was anticipated and, while the site is there and quite well publicised, the service is overloaded and so the site doesn’t work. Ah well—at least the thought was there.

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