Hi List, Yes, it links to The Griffith Genealogical & Historical Society, Whom yes, sell CD's, and of course because they are a Genealogy Society, the income goes back into the group. Which like many others, put their income to good use, creating further resources for us all to use. In this case, we do not have any volunteers in the area. So all we can do is point people in the right direction. In this case it is the Griffith Genealogical & Historical Society. As for our volunteers, the cost of petrol is becoming a big factor. Some of our volunteers are asking for donations, to help cover their costs. In light of the work load that is being carried out by some volunteers, I have little issue with this. Below is an example, of one of our South Australian volunteers workload. /Photos requested in May - 251 Cemeteries photographed in May - 27 Klm travelled in May - 1 ,143 Donations received in May - 9 Less than 5% of recipients currently make a donation Then we have the situation where volunteers are being asked by a few people for large numbers of photographs, that are clearly not related. But, as we feel are being passed on to the naive at a cost. While a lot of our volunteers are offended by the idea, receiving payment. In light of resent issues, that we have had I feel, that our future is a combination of both. Regards Peter Applebee Australian Cemeteries Website / Raymond W. Henderson wrote: > Hi Jo, > That why the Australia Cemetery site is so important to us all and the main > reason why we took it away from rootsweb as somewhere down the track we > could see people having to pay for information that so many members have > given freely. And I do know in ost cases what a new link is put on here > Pete makes sure that it's not only working but in most cases its free as far > as we can push for it! I'm sure Pete will see this and maybe if he has time > he'll either look into it or give us some sort of reply? > > Kindest regards, > Raymond Henderson > Australia Cemetery > List Admin. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jo Kotylak" <[email protected]> > To: "Aus Cemeteries ([email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:51 PM > Subject: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] Hay NSW > > > >> Hi I've just been to the link for Hay NSW and was very disappointed, this >> seemed only to be a sale site, a money maker, which is a shame. I was >> wanting to know if a family died in the area. Herman Gibson Japp and his >> wife Mary Olive Adams are listed in the NSW Deaths as having a stillborn >> child in Hay, but I can find no records of THEIR deaths on the NSW >> Registry, >> or the Victorian one. I just thought the Cemetry MIGHT be able to have a >> name search, but it's all about buying the CD's of which they have LOTS. >> Not that their's anything wrong with that, as the old saying goes...Oh >> well, >> to each their own. Kind Regards, Jo. >> >> >> Jo Kotylak MBA >> [email protected] >> Melbourne Australia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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. > Version: 8.0.134 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1539 - Release Date: 7/7/2008 6:35 PM > > > >