From 1 July 2010 we will be simplifying the pricing of our PayAsYouGo records. Currently there are over 10 different price bands for viewing records which can be quite confusing. From July we will have fewer price bands, grouped into multiples of 5 credits, for example, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.

In most cases the changes will result in a slight increase in credit prices, in some instances there will be a reduction, and some records will stay the same (for example, 1911 census and passenger lists).

Viewing a birth, marriage or death (BMD) result will cost 5 credits instead of 1, but thanks to the full indexing of the BMDs (more information on this coming soon), overall a BMD search will cost you less, as you will need to view far fewer records to find the one you want.

This is the first time we've increased the prices of our records since we launched them, apart from the slight increase in credits to view 1841-1901 census records in April. Our PAYG credits are more flexible than our competitors' offerings. A subscription offers even more flexibility - view your options on our subscriptions page.

A full breakdown of the price change is included below.

We have increased the amount of credits you will be charged to view an 1841-1901 census record from 3 to 5. This is the first time we’ve increased our credit pricing in 4 years and we hope you’ll understand our need to reflect the current market rates in our pricing. The 1881 census transcript images will remain free to view.

Findmypast.co.uk has complete census records 1841-1911 - more records than anyone else. We also have more searchable fields than anyone else which makes finding your ancestors as straightforward as possible.

PayAsYouGo credits can be a great way to start your family history research, but with a subscription you can enjoy unlimited usage of our records without having to worry about running out of credits. Visit our ‘Subscribe‘ page for more information about subscribing to findmypast.co.uk.

We’ve increased the fair usage limit for all our subscriptions from 1,000 credits to 5,000 per month (over a rolling three month period). That way you are able to look at lots of different images and transcriptions (particularly useful for the newly-added 1911 census) without running out of credit.

We have needed to set a limit in order to protect against abuse and the limit shouldn’t adversely affect the family historian.