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

On 29/03/2014 21:56, Janet wrote: > 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 > > > Les, there is a campaign and a petition online to open historic registers Please sign the petition at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62779 Details of the Campaign to Open Historic Registers http://anguline.co.uk/ohrn.html There has been a long history of support for such changes Lord Teviot (a supporter of the campaign) had a bill passed th the House of Lords in 1983 but unfortunately due to the General Election it was not presented to the House of Commons. In 1999 Keith Darvill had a similar Bill read twice. In 2004 following the 2002 White Paper, the government decided to introduce similar legislation but this was thwarted by the use of the Regulatory Reform system rather than a debate in the Commons to change the legislation. We can achieve change now with support, please sign the petition and if you have an MP who sits in the House of Commons, please write or email him/her ask him/her to support the campaign. Cheers Guy