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Dear All,
I agree that some people from overseas would have tried to log-on but
I find it hard to believe that more than say 50,000 would have done
so and that the true figure is probably far less. I wonder if the PRO
are able to tell us. There's little point in arguing about the matter
if someone knows the answer.
I think the most plausible explanation - as usual - is
misinterpretation of the situation by the press, and that the PRO
actually had 20,000,000 HITS. With the true number of people trying
to log on is probably less than 10% of this figure. Thus for example
if two million people had each tried to log-on the web site ten times
this would result in 20 million HITS.
David
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 16:41:49 -0000 Lesley Gordon
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# On 3 Jan 02, at 15:32, David Alan Gatley wrote:
# >
# > It strikes me that if 20,000,000 people have accessed the 1901
# > CENSUS site this means that some 30% of the population of
# > the United Kingdom are trying to trace their ancestors.
#
# It's not just people from the UK. Plenty of individuals from abroad
# with British antecedents undertake ancestor research.
# Lesley Gordon
#
#
# Dr Lesley Gordon,
# Special Collections,
# The Robinson Library,
# University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
# Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HQ
#
# Tel 0191 222 7671 Fax 0191 222 6235
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