After all the recent advice to Bob re accessing records at National Archives, I found 2 records in ADM relating to my HINES mob. DownIoading documents from Documents Online is a doddle - you pay your £3.50 and get results within minutes, The records I wanted were not available online & I had to complete a "request for document copying". I must admit I found the request for an estimate a bit scary. I did stress on the form that I only wanted items relating to "Thomas Henry HINES, Rating, born 21 February 1840, Elson Hants in ADM29/55/87" & the same for the other one (his father).Not the entire file which I gather could be hundreds of pages! I will now, after paying my ten quid, get an estimate within 10 working days of the cost of these documents. I gather if I go ahead with this estimate, my £10 will be credited against the cost of the documents. If I don't I lose my ten quid. I'm writing this mainly to continue the information previously supplied on this list, plus to ask what the likely cost of asking for 2 specific AD records is likely to be, and if anyone more experienced has any more advice for requesting records from National Archives. Rita

Its interesting replying to your own message, but I thought it was worth updating the info for anyone who is thinking about ordering docs from National Archives. I received the estimate from NA in about 48 hrs - cost of copying £1.20, cost of postage £1.37 (!!!) therefore "profit" to National Archives £7.43 as they don't reimburse the difference if the cost if under £10. For me, hopefully, the information will be really useful in knocking down a brickwall, but, I think in future I'll try and collect enough records to go over the £10.00, as you can always delete records from the estimate, but can't add to. Hope that helps someone. Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Newton" <newton.r@tesco.net> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:06 PM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] National Archives - estimates for document copying > After all the recent advice to Bob re accessing records at National Archives, I found 2 records in ADM relating to my HINES mob. > DownIoading documents from Documents Online is a doddle - you pay your £3.50 and get results within minutes, The records I wanted were not available online & I had to complete a "request for document copying". > I must admit I found the request for an estimate a bit scary. I did stress on the form that I only wanted items relating to "Thomas Henry HINES, Rating, born 21 February 1840, Elson Hants in ADM29/55/87" & the same for the other one (his father).Not the entire file which I gather could be hundreds of pages! > I will now, after paying my ten quid, get an estimate within 10 working days of the cost of these documents. I gather if I go ahead with this estimate, my £10 will be credited against the cost of the documents. If I don't I lose my ten quid. > I'm writing this mainly to continue the information previously supplied on this list, plus to ask what the likely cost of asking for 2 specific AD records is likely to be, and if anyone more experienced has any more advice for requesting records from National Archives. > Rita > > > ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== > Family historian love graveyards they are the sort of places they like to visit to meet up with old relatives > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >