Spot the Difference Competition

[Stebie9173]

Can anyone spot the difference in the release dates of WO97 on a certain website?

E-mail of 26-3-2010

Date range Approx no. of soldier records Approx no. of images When available

WO97 1883-1900 289,783 2,053,501 Now

WO97 1901-1913 303,000 2.1 million By May 2010

WO97 1873-1882 64,000 400,000 By June 2010

WO97 1855-1872 65,000 400,000 By July 2010

WO97 1760-1854 184,000 1.2 million By April 2011

E-mail today:

Date range Approx no. of records Approx no. of images When available

WO97 1873-1882 97,515 540,423 Now

WO97 1883-1900 312,909 2,218,606 Now

WO97 1855-1872 65,000 400,000 By June 2010

WO97 1760-1854 184,000 1.2 million By July 2010

WO97 1901-1913 303,000 2.1 million By August 2010

WO96 1806-1915 500,000 3.5 million By Sept 2011

If anyone has spotted the difference then the set in question was due for June release when the e-mail came round at the end of April.....

I'm sure it is just logistical details, and not any sort of false advertising....

Steve.

[SteveE]

I'm sure it is just logistical details, and not any sort of false advertising....

Steve

I'm sure it's logistical (2.1 million as against 400,000 records) rather than anything more sinister but it's disappointing nevertheless. I'm assuming they underestimated just how long it would take to scan them all

Was quite excited at the prospect of the release of the 1901-1913 batch this month to be able to check up on the previous service of a large number of the 25th/RF men I'm interested in but instead we got the 1873-1882. Not quite the same but at least my subscription will still be valid in August so I'll just have to be patient .

Regards

Steve