On Saturday 19 May 2007 16:16:25 Elizabeth Adams wrote: > The CALM database has details of the Will of a Thomas > BROWNJOHN of Kingsclere, which I am interested in,the > access states "on fiche-do not produce original". > The current search fee being charged by the HRO is > £24.oo per hour,does anyone know if this is about the > average fee these days? > It may not be very easy to decipher! > Elizabeth Dear Elizabeth, Last time I was at the HRO was to look up Wills some of which were on fiche. With the reference known from CALM, it would take about five minutes to get the fiche from the drawer and put it on the special reader that allows one to make a photocopy. If you were to ring HRO, I am sure they would indicate the cost for doing it for you and putting the photocopy in the post to you. In case you do not have the number the website with all details is: http://www.hants.gov.uk/record-office/ Hopefully that would be a lot less than the hourly rate for a researcher and even that is not expensive at £24 an hour in this modern age. I am still reeling from a £200 an hour charge from my solicitor. Regards, Nigel Gerdes