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  • 05-04-2016 10:45am
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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭


    Unfortunately I still have not learned to read the small print. Just noticed this now. It means records that could be available are not because of a possible date issue with one child in a class. Darn it!

    "Please note that those children born after 1915 have been redacted for legal reasons. This means that in some cases images cannot be shown if they include one of these children."
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    Alan259
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Alan259


    You think that they would just black out the names (like they did with the 1939 register) that are affected by the 100 year rule rather than redacting the whole image.

    Did you contact Find My Past about it?


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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    No, I didn't contact them. Didn't think me calling them would make that much of difference to be honest.


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    Alan259
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Alan259


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    No, I didn't contact them. Didn't think me calling them would make that much of difference to be honest.

    Your probably right. From their point of view it's only a trivial amount of names to release the whole image for.


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    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Probably best to drop into Eneclan once they have their museum set up in CHQ to try get that sorted out rather than getting onto FMP support in terms of getting something done about that.

    It is a bit overkill on the privacy front but seeing as you're dealing with living people here it is understandable.


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    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    P_1 wrote: »
    Probably best to drop into Eneclan once they have their museum set up in CHQ to try get that sorted out rather than getting onto FMP support in terms of getting something done about that..
    It’s not Eneclann’s ‘museum’ – It is a private venture financially unconnected with Eneclann although they are associated with it in an advisory capacity.

    @Jelly - You’re not the first and you will not be the last. FMP is not IMO alone among genealogy companies in running the risk of a telling-off from the ASAI for misleading advertising. I’d wager that most are guilty of ‘puffery’, exploiting the inexperience or lack of knowledge of consumers and the small print rarely is of sufficient size / prominence to be clearly seen (e.g. the direct debit after a ‘free’ trial).


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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Nothing to be done I know, just have to deal with it and get on with something else until time allows more information to be released.


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    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    Interesting bit on Irish National Education sources from Ireland Reaching Out here


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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Thank you for the link pedro. Very interesting reading. Will indeed be checking back again and again.


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