The General Register Office for Scotland has existed since 1855 (see http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/aboutgros/histgros/index.html) and was operating independently of the UK GRO long before Scottish Devolution! Sorry to be a pedant, but history is what we are about! Alison On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Janet <cilurnum@googlemail.com> wrote: > I would be the first to think out of the box and boldly go as Goldie said, > but > Scotland's People is not a commercial site. > GRO is part of the devolved Scottish Administration. It may not be > appreciated > by all. > > General Register Office for Scotland merged with the National Archives of > Scotland to become the National Records of Scotland (NRS). Scotland's > People, a > partnership between the National Records of Scotland and the Court of the > Lord > Lyon enabled by Brightsolid. > In other words its run by the Scottish government. > > We can try and lobby a government department, as I think others have done > before but we cant expect too much in the same way as we might were > Scotland's > People a commercial genealogy research site. I would let "sleeping dogs > lie " > and be thankful we dont have to pay the same for a record as we do from > General > Register Office. Without it many of us would have no access to reliable > records and not be able to continue with our research. > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon" <sharon-j@bigpond.net.au> > > Like Goldie a few free credits for "regulars" wouldn't go astray either!! > :) > > Sharon > http://birsefolk.id.au/ > researching EMSLIE / GLASS / COUTTS / FRASER (in Elgin) / McLEAN (in > Boharm) > special interest in Parish of BIRSE Aberdeenshire and the FOREST OF BIRSE > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >