Thanks Gavin - it was good while it lasted! (\_/) (o.o) (> <) Happy Easter, Jen. On Saturday, April 03, 2010 7:52 PM Gavin Bell wrote - > > The MI Index was always meant to be a finding aid, not a substitute for > the printed MI booklets. And while none of us individually makes a > penny out of them, we do depend on sales of the booklets to help pay the > bills at the Family History Centre at King Street. > > The original MI Index site was only ever meant as a temporary solution > to the problem, and was constrained by the fact that, when it was > created, web-hosting services did not generally offer proper database > facilities. This meant that it was not possible to offer the normal > kind of search by surname, forename, burial ground and date. > > The Kirkyard lists were a substitute for this, in that they listed all > names alphabetically - but they did give away, free of charge, rather > more information than we would have wished! > > I think the current Index offers a fair balance - you can easily check > for the presence (or absence) of named individuals in any burial ground, > and the other names on the stone should give a good clue as to whether > this particular "John Smith" is yours. If you don't have any specific > names to search for, but are just generally interested to know who might > be buried in the one kirkyard, then I would suggest you consider buying > the booklet!