Hi: Good news and bad news. The good news is that DoVE and MAGPIE, the projects to digitise, re-index and make available on line the GRO BMD records, are on the move again, but in a modified form. http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/1090.htm The bad news is that the pace is glacial. Initial contracts won't be let for another year. Paul