Hi, Where I live, near the Bellevue Washington USA LDS Center (FHC) if I rent a film 3 times, it stays there forever. I've single handedly over the last 10 years filled some shelving with them. :) I just never know when I'll need them again, so seldom let them leave. Also, others can use them freely once they're in permanent storage. Jim Bundy PS - I'm a volunteer there Saturday mornings, try to assist visitors (patrons) as best I can. I'm not LDS, but sure appreciate what they've done for the rest of us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Burgess" <anne.burgess@btinternet.com> To: <angus@rootsweb.com>; "Angus Roots Web" <ANGUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Try again? >> Just to be crystal clear, I was not advocating using the >> transcript on its >> own, far from it >> Its imperative to check the original page (which is itself a >> transcript >> unfortunately up to 1901) > > Most main libraries in Scotland have microfilms of the original > enumeration books, which you can check free of charge. > > I appreciate that this isn't much use if you don't live in > Scotland, or can't make the journey to the library which holds > the films you want to see, but you can order them for a small > fee to see at any Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church Family > History Centre. Lists of FHCs at www.familysearch.org > >> No I was suggesting using the Ancestry census transcript to >> find the right >> family before buying the image from scotlandspeople > Excellent advice, but it might be even cheaper hiring the whole > film at an LDS FHC. This has the additional advantage that you > can browse the entire book, which may turn up other interesting > bits of information that you wouldn't get if you just download > an image from SP. > >> Using scotlandspeople on its own can be a frustrating and >> expensive business > Indeed. > > Anne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.42/2042 - Release Date: 04/05/09 10:54:00