Maybe if we keep asking they will finally realise that Transcription Agents are the way to go. i have used Joy Murrin for NSW transcriptions and she is very good and replies are within a couple of weeks. Pam in Brisbane On 15 Jul 2008, at 4:31 PM, randgen@fastmail.com.au wrote: Maybe it is time to agitate for introduction of Transcription Agents in Qld. These agents are in NSW and WA and offer a service at a greatly reduced cost compared to buying the full certificate. For example, NSW full transcriptions are $17, partial (up to 5 fields) $14 and 3 fields $11. Another great service is to check and verify certain information to determine that this is the relevant ancestor. This costs $8 and you can provide several types of information, eg birth place, that need to be matched before proceeding to do a full certificate. Warren