kiterunner
28-11-17, 18:59
I can't see an actual announcement on their website, their blog, or their Facebook page, but apparently they have sent out emails announcing their new subscriptions. I haven't had an email. Perhaps someone who has had one could copy it onto this thread, please? I understand that the gist of it is that new / lapsed subscribers taking out a new Britain subscription will get Irish records included but not newspapers, and (some, not the Starter) monthly subscriptions will now include the 1939 Register. People who have autorenew switched on will continue to have the same access as they do now when their subs are renewed.
I did manage to find a link to the FAQ's about the new subs:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/help/search?Query=newsubspackages
There are three types of sub for the UK site in the new scheme: Starter, Plus and Pro. Starter (£8.95 per month or £72 for a year) is British and Irish BMD's, censuses, and the family tree builder; Plus (£12.95 per month or £120 for a year) includes the family tree builder, all (I think) British and Irish records apart from newspapers, and does include the 1939 Register even in monthly subs. Pro (£15.95 per month or £156 for a year) includes everything in the Plus sub, plus newspapers and the US, Canadian, Australian and NZ records, plus any other countries they have.
I haven't checked whether they are changing Irish, Australian, and US subs yet. Maybe not and that's why I didn't get an email? (Since they decided for reasons best known to themselves that I'm in Australia.)
If you log out of FMP, you should be able to see a comparison of what's included in the different subs on this link:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe
And don't forget, if you have an existing sub, it will not change at renewal, unless you have auto-renewal turned off.
It's worth reading Chris Paton's blog entry, especially the comment about the Starter sub:
http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/findmypast-launches-new-uk-subscription.html
I did manage to find a link to the FAQ's about the new subs:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/help/search?Query=newsubspackages
There are three types of sub for the UK site in the new scheme: Starter, Plus and Pro. Starter (£8.95 per month or £72 for a year) is British and Irish BMD's, censuses, and the family tree builder; Plus (£12.95 per month or £120 for a year) includes the family tree builder, all (I think) British and Irish records apart from newspapers, and does include the 1939 Register even in monthly subs. Pro (£15.95 per month or £156 for a year) includes everything in the Plus sub, plus newspapers and the US, Canadian, Australian and NZ records, plus any other countries they have.
I haven't checked whether they are changing Irish, Australian, and US subs yet. Maybe not and that's why I didn't get an email? (Since they decided for reasons best known to themselves that I'm in Australia.)
If you log out of FMP, you should be able to see a comparison of what's included in the different subs on this link:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe
And don't forget, if you have an existing sub, it will not change at renewal, unless you have auto-renewal turned off.
It's worth reading Chris Paton's blog entry, especially the comment about the Starter sub:
http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/findmypast-launches-new-uk-subscription.html