Hello Gill, Many thanks for your prompt response to my enquiry. It would appear that the ERY Council Archives has either dropped the ball or my e-mail has simply disappeared into the ether as it transpires that I did exactly as described in your e-mail, but as I said, I have not received any response from them. It's ironic that in this day and age they can make their index available on line but haven't set up the necessary procedures to accept electronic payment. I would have thought it would have made life easier for them as well as the customer. I concur with your comments regarding the cost of making such payments. Fortunately, however, the banks here in Cayman (and I deal with a branch of a major Canadian bank) only charge a fee of $5 for foreign currency bank drafts, but at $25 a pop it does make an otherwise low cost purchase rather expensive. Regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gillian Hello Richard, I had the same question a couple of weeks ago and I emailed the East Riding Archives at this address... archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk You have to email the Archives at the above address with the Finding Number and title of the document you are wanting copies of. They will email you back with a price. You will need to complete and sign a Copyright form which they will send to you and send a cheque, payable to 'East Riding of Yorkshire Council' (in sterling). They don't take any form of electronic payment that I could find. If the Cayman Islands are anything like Canada, it will cost you an arm and a leg to get a cheque or money order in sterling. I'm trying to make up my mind whether sending for the 4 pages I need copying is worth the $25 bank fee on top of the copying and postage fees of £7.30. I wish they would take PayPal or something similar. Good luck, Gill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard W. Harris" <rwh@candw.ky> > Can any list member tell me the proper procedure for ordering photocopies > of documents listed in the Online Archive Catalogue of the East Riding of > Yorkshire Council Archives. The site, although excellent, doesn't seem to > address this point, or if it does it is hidden in the small print. I sent > them an email enquiry on 8th February but to date I have not received a > reply. > > Richard Harris > Cayman Islands

Richard W. Harris wrote: > It's ironic that in this day and age they can make their index available on > line but haven't set up the necessary procedures to accept electronic > payment. I would have thought it would have made life easier for them as > well as the customer. I concur with your comments regarding the cost of > making such payments. Fortunately, however, the banks here in Cayman (and I > deal with a branch of a major Canadian bank) only charge a fee of $5 for > foreign currency bank drafts, but at $25 a pop it does make an otherwise low > cost purchase rather expensive. Hello Gentlemen: My wife and I spent a delightful day in the East Riding Record Office in Beverely not too long ago. It is a modest facility, with a small staff. While we were there, they were serving many people physically in the archives searching for records. I think the day to day foot traffic is about all they can handle. Have a bit of patience, write back to them, call them on the phone, send a snail mail. They're really lovely people, very dedicated to their jobs of facilitating your records searches. Better yet, go there and enjoy Beverley! It's a beautiful village in a gorgeous setting. Stop by the Woolpack for a pint as you're walking around the Minster. You won't regret it! Michael Alan Lewis

Hello Michael, It wasn't my intention to criticise the staff at the Archives. I'm sure they do a fabulous job and are wonderful people who work hard. My comments are mainly directed toward the banks and the outrageous fees they charge for any services. They are the ones that make paying for things by cheque (especially overseas cheques) so prohibitive. Fees these days are really outrageous. The convenience of using electronic payment would be wonderful for people unable to visit the archives. In fact, I wouldn't even mind paying a small fee for the privilege of doing so. Rather the fee goes to the archives than the multimillion dollar profits of the banks. As for visiting the archives; I would truly love to come back to England again. It has been almost 38 years since my parents emigrated to Canada with my brother and I. The last time I visited was in 1979. I love Beverley and all of Yorkshire. I was born in Horbury and grew up in Wakefield and Scarborough. Even after all these years I have my moments of homesickness. One day, maybe I'll see you in the Woolpack! :o) Cheers, Gill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lewis" <hayduke@rattlebrain.com> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] East Riding of Yorkshire Council Archives > Richard W. Harris wrote: > >> It's ironic that in this day and age they can make their index available >> on >> line but haven't set up the necessary procedures to accept electronic >> payment. I would have thought it would have made life easier for them as >> well as the customer. I concur with your comments regarding the cost of >> making such payments. Fortunately, however, the banks here in Cayman >> (and I >> deal with a branch of a major Canadian bank) only charge a fee of $5 for >> foreign currency bank drafts, but at $25 a pop it does make an otherwise >> low >> cost purchase rather expensive. > > Hello Gentlemen: > > My wife and I spent a delightful day in the East Riding Record Office > in Beverely not too long ago. It is a modest facility, with a small > staff. While we were there, they were serving many people physically in > the archives searching for records. I think the day to day foot traffic > is about all they can handle. > > Have a bit of patience, write back to them, call them on the phone, > send a snail mail. They're really lovely people, very dedicated to their > jobs of facilitating your records searches. > > Better yet, go there and enjoy Beverley! It's a beautiful village in a > gorgeous setting. Stop by the Woolpack for a pint as you're walking > around the Minster. > > You won't regret it! > > Michael Alan Lewis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michael Beverley a village? It is a town. Last year it was voted as one of the best places to live in. Victor > > Better yet, go there and enjoy Beverley! It's a beautiful village in a > gorgeous setting. Stop by the Woolpack for a pint as you're walking > around the Minster. > > You won't regret it! > > Michael Alan Lewis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Richard On the subject of cheques you may like to know that many companies, like shops, here no longer accept them. I hope ER County archives set up an electronic payment plan soon. I visited the fine new archives last week. These are now in a modern building. The Beverley Registration Office also does not accept electronic payments nor do they accept credit cards. So if I order a BMD certificate from there it has to be by cheque and snail mail. At least Hull Registration Office accepts credit cards via phone and email. Mind you via email could be a bit risky. It is time the Beverley people took a leaf out of Hull. Victor Richard W. Harris wrote: > Hello Gill, > > Many thanks for your prompt response to my enquiry. It would appear that > the ERY Council Archives has either dropped the ball or my e-mail has simply > disappeared into the ether as it transpires that I did exactly as described > in your e-mail, but as I said, I have not received any response from them. > > It's ironic that in this day and age they can make their index available on > line but haven't set up the necessary procedures to accept electronic > payment. I would have thought it would have made life easier for them as > well as the customer. I concur with your comments regarding the cost of > making such payments. Fortunately, however, the banks here in Cayman (and I > deal with a branch of a major Canadian bank) only charge a fee of $5 for > foreign currency bank drafts, but at $25 a pop it does make an otherwise low > cost purchase rather expensive. > > Regards > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gillian > > Hello Richard, > > I had the same question a couple of weeks ago and I emailed the East Riding > Archives at this address... > > archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk > > You have to email the Archives at the above address with the Finding Number > and title of the document you are wanting copies of. They will email you > back with a price. You will need to complete and sign a Copyright form which > they will send to you and send a cheque, payable to 'East Riding of > Yorkshire Council' (in sterling). They don't take any form of electronic > payment that I could find. If the Cayman Islands are anything like Canada, > it will cost you an arm and a leg to get a cheque or money order in > sterling. I'm trying to make up my mind whether sending for the 4 pages I > need copying > is worth the $25 bank fee on top of the copying and postage fees of £7.30. I > wish they would take PayPal or something similar. > > Good luck, > Gill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard W. Harris" <rwh@candw.ky> > > >> Can any list member tell me the proper procedure for ordering photocopies >> of documents listed in the Online Archive Catalogue of the East Riding of >> Yorkshire Council Archives. The site, although excellent, doesn't seem to >> address this point, or if it does it is hidden in the small print. I sent >> them an email enquiry on 8th February but to date I have not received a >> reply. >> >> Richard Harris >> Cayman Islands >> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >