Hi Ellie,
I agree the 1911 census is fantastic.

I have spent twice as much money on it as I had promised myself I would, but my family and I have had so much joy from what we have found out it's been worth it. My parents are both 83 and I haven't wanted to wait to find out pieces of information that mean so much to them, until it's free. I agree with Guy the cost of transcribing would have been huge.
I haven't wasted much money as I have checked and double checked my listings. Just recently though I did waste credits on 3 wrong entries as I was tryig to find my Dad's Grand Aunt.

I didn't realise quickly enough you could just search under Christan name, but her surname Nutter was mis-transcribed as Hutter by someone unfamiliar with script writing.

It's a bit misleading putting a red asterisk against both first and surname boxes even though the fine print does say "one of these must be filled in", so just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else has the "when in doubt read the instructions" approach to life that I do!!!!
Cheers,
Jill