Yes, but hold the phone here........A film here in Canada (Kamloops) cost about $7/8 to bring in from Salt Lake City. AND I can see the whole book for the effort of going to a LDS FHCenter..make copies and notes. For me on SP it costs about $12 for 30 credits, and IF you play your cards right, you should be able to get 5 marriages or deaths...1 credit to look and 5 to see it. BY far the advantage is the films. However you also need to realize some of the films will have pages copied twice, some are missed; then use SP as backup, if you really can't find the person from beginning to end and think it might have got missed. Scotland has the right to the records, and they have the right to the income they get from it. Bottom line is that when you GO to Scotland you play by their rules not yours. It's like taking a trip to Italy and saying you won't eat Italian food. It would be nice of them, though, IF after you spent say $100 CAD they gave you a few free credits as a regular customer. Like the stores in some places (ahem) do when you spend a set amount. If you can get the films, do it; you can find some hidden items like Mort Cloth rentals, others in the family who married or had children; occasionally stories and sometimes even a death record or even a missed Kirk Session record.......you are WAY further ahead with them. To suggest getting them on Ancestry opens up another can of worms....Ancestry isn't free either, so remember that as well. The $400 or so it costs goes a long way toward films and SP. We need to be thinking 'outside of the box'. Goldie -----Original Message----- From: Janet Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:56 PM To: leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk ; aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] ScotlandsPeople It may or may not be pertinent to mention by comparison that GRO, England & Wales does not allow copy documents to be paid for online in the same way as Scotland's People. On payment of a fee of £9.25 to GRO one waits for up to 21 days through the post, or agrees to increase the fee for earlier receipt also through the post. I just wonder if a strong lobby on Bright Solid might push the outcome in a way that may not be anticipated. Scotland's People seemingly has no power to prevent subscribers to Ancestry uploading Scottish documents for public scrutiny, I think we are fortunate to be able to purchase online from the Scotland's People, and have the same assurance as those who purchase from GRO, that a document has not been altered in any way and can be relied upon. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] ScotlandsPeople Venita said >It’s too bad there isn’t an option for a subscription. I believe it would >draw >more people to the collection if there were. . . Shall we start a >campaign? I'm afraid that SAFHS (Scottish Association of Family History Societies), which represents the Scottish FHSs, has for years been pressuring GROS (General Registry Office Scotland) for the introduction of an Annual Subscription to no avail. Besides being tied by legislation - it is in the will of the Scottish Parliament to change the legislation - there seems to be little will to introduce it. Of course Brightsolid, in their current guise, who operate SP on behalf of the Scottish Government would not make as much 'profit' if they introduced it. Despite this they do have Subscriptions to their other sites eg FindMyPast. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ------------------------------- 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 --- 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

The suggestion in this thread is that Scotland's People could consider offering a subscription. If we are making comparisons, about what is available to us, I dont have an LDS Center anywhere near to where I live and I dont suppose I am the only person in that situation. I would not make comparisons between Scotland's People and Ancestry because with SP and FMP we know we are purchasing a document that hasnt been altered. We dont have that assurance with Ancestry. The way I use my subscription is a means of having an idea about what I am looking for. Ancestry is allowing subscribers to upload Scotland's People certificates. I have had a word with SP about that some time back but apparently its unstoppable. I have not mentioned it for a while. Ancestry is also displaying data in their Births, Christenings, Marriages and Deaths for people who have been born in the last 25 yrs and I dont agree with that. I have proof of it. To clarify the point I made initially it is that we are fortunate to be able to purchase a document online through Scotland's People. It may not always be that way. . Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goldie & Lido Doratti" <lidogold2@shaw.ca> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] ScotlandsPeople Yes, but hold the phone here........A film here in Canada (Kamloops) cost about $7/8 to bring in from Salt Lake City. AND I can see the whole book for the effort of going to a LDS FHCenter..make copies and notes. For me on SP it costs about $12 for 30 credits, and IF you play your cards right, you should be able to get 5 marriages or deaths...1 credit to look and 5 to see it. BY far the advantage is the films. However you also need to realize some of the films will have pages copied twice, some are missed; then use SP as backup, if you really can't find the person from beginning to end and think it might have got missed. Scotland has the right to the records, and they have the right to the income they get from it. Bottom line is that when you GO to Scotland you play by their rules not yours. It's like taking a trip to Italy and saying you won't eat Italian food. It would be nice of them, though, IF after you spent say $100 CAD they gave you a few free credits as a regular customer. Like the stores in some places (ahem) do when you spend a set amount. If you can get the films, do it; you can find some hidden items like Mort Cloth rentals, others in the family who married or had children; occasionally stories and sometimes even a death record or even a missed Kirk Session record.......you are WAY further ahead with them. To suggest getting them on Ancestry opens up another can of worms....Ancestry isn't free either, so remember that as well. The $400 or so it costs goes a long way toward films and SP. We need to be thinking 'outside of the box'. Goldie --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com