1841 England and Wales census coming soon on Ancestry?

I came across this Ancestry.co.uk free trial page today:
which mentions full access to the 1841 England and Wales census (but it
also mentions the 1961 census so I do wonder about the validity!).
Either the page has been put out in error or they are getting near to
the launch - although there is no sign of anything significant at

Pat P...

I actually used the 1841 census during my very recent free trial period with
Ancestry.co.uk and found it very useful.

Pat P

chris_doran...

It was mentioned in their monthly e-mail of 28th Feb:-

"We are constantly adding more resources for you and our database is
growing all the time. The 1841 census with 16 million names will be
available soon and you can be the first to view it. The 1841 census was
the very first in the UK to contain names and will be a useful resource
for you to take your family history search further.

We'll alert you as soon as the new census is online. Click here to be
notified."

So I did. Nothing yet.

John Townsend...

Perhaps Chris will in turn alert us when it happens. I still need to find
Howard Staunton on the 1841 census - rumoured not to be present in the
London indexes available so far.

Best wishes,

John Townsend
Howard Staunton research project:

Chris
Researching Penge, Anerley, London SE20, and neighbouring parts of
Beckenham, Kent.

Mike...

[snip]

Around the middle of last year I was able to access the 1841 census via
Ancestry.com, it did not
last long and I wondered why it was no longer there, then someone suggested
I try origins.net and
there was the 1841 (partial), so perhaps origins.net (or some other gene
site) objected to Ancestry
putting it on line.

Correct me if I am wrong, but do not these genealogy websites pay a royalty
for displaying census
or other records, if so then perhaps Ancestry had jumped the gun so to
speak?.

http://www.1841-census.co.uk/