Hello List I have just received an email from Ancestry advising the 1851 is ready for searching, i checked the link it is definately there. I guess you will stil have to subscribe to search/download (i cant remember is seaching is for free or not). My apologies if this is not valid to your list, as i couldnot remember which lists this was relevent too Cheers Melissa _________________________________________________________________ SEEK: Over 80,000 jobs across all industries at Australia's #1 job site. http://ninemsn.seek.com.au?hotmail