Morning all, As you may know, the LDS Church recently released a set of four CDs titled the Australia Vital Records Index. This set is not available for sale to individuals within Australia due to contractual arrangements (we don't step on their toes, they don't step on ours). I, like many of you, expected that the CDs would have been pretty much complete as per the dates given. However, I received a letter from someone today disspelling this myth of mine. [Names have been removed to protect the innocent] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Be aware that there are possibly many hundreds of records missing from this CD (Australian Vital Records Index). I have a cousin in the US and she happened to purchase a set for me for my birthday. There are very few records for my family before 1792 (I have 4 first Fleeters) and yet I have viewed the records on microfiche and have record numbers for the entries. There are also records missing up to about 1850 and these records have already been copied by the LDS on microfilm from the Old Parish Records. I have even brought up the index list of various names to check that these were actually missing and not just miss-spelt. I have most of my records and I wanted to use these records to sort out family groups so it was very disappointing. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I thought that perhaps some of you would be interested in the experience of someone who has actually used the AVRI. Bye for now, Charles J. Green -- ============================================================ This message was posted to you by The Green Family Email: tgf@rocknet.net.au Website: http://www.thegreenfamily.com Subscribe to one of our GENEALOGY mailing lists at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/gray-qld-aust http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/brooks-qld-aust http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/jackwitz-qld-aust http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/puckeridge-aust ============================================================