I don't think anyone is actually knocking them Marge, but we would like to help them correct their records. Given the green light we should be able to do so fairly speedily. I find NSW BDM site quite easy to use whereas QLD BDM is unnecessarily difficult. regards Max Bancroft ________________________________    Re : NSW Genealogists have been fortunate over the years  with the NSW Pioneers BDMS 1788-1888 published on CD back in 1992 . There were mistakes in this BUT I am pretty sure this CD was the first attempt to use this invention for this type of data  and we thought it was amazing advance in technology. Then wonder of wonders BDM indexes went on line some 6 years later.  An extra year has been added to the on line indexes on the 1st of January for a few years now . Compare with other States before you knock NSW too much bye           MargM Sydney List Admin Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message