Bob Sanders wrote: > Some parishes are missing altogether. I was looking for records for > Llanstadwell but there are none on FMP. They'll get there in time. Transcribing is not an instant thing. It takes time and, if done properly, patience as well. It takes me a day to transcribe 5-10 years of parish register if the writing it good and the image is clear. The worse the image and/or the writing, the less I can get done. Where a page looks empty on a fiche or film, and is only faintly visible in the original, it can take me a full day, stiff neck, aching back and a headache to partially transcribe a year. Sadly the internet has conditioned people to expect instance answers. The only way to get parishes onto the internet faster is to join the bands of transcribers and help. Join FreeREG, become an OPC or even freelance and have your own site or offer your transcriptions to any site that would like them. Permission will be needed to publish the transcription though. In the interim, there are the LDS FHCs from whom you can hire the films of parishes, where available, for a nominal sum - providing you have a centre within easy travelling distance. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk