Hi Barry You keep saying this but exactly what data that was free, has "been swallowed up by the big company's" We have *never* had so much available for *free* online and the quantity of free data including transcriptions and images of records grows almost daily Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 19/03/2016 14:09, Barry Wilson via wrote: > Sorry Mary, this is Bazza ( Barry Wilson ) what a hornets nest I seem to > have been part of, and how great it is to see some familiar names on line, > all communication is Good, so keep it up Please, all that has been > mentioned is true for those who wrote it, and should be looked at > properly, not criticized at, most of us are just trying to find out about > our own families, not make a business out of inquires. I am an O.A.P. with > only a basic pension to live on which does not leave very much to pay for > information, and that is why myself in particular am always looking for > the free sites, for information, which as I have said have mostly all been > swallowed up by the big company's / sites, even if some out there do not > believe it, it is never the less true. > Going back to Mary Skipworth if I may, what she suggested is what is > wanted and it used to be the norm in the past, > ( remember Renee ) until she was more or less hounded off site for having > the nerve to give information for free instead selling what she knew. > I have only just picked up my family search again after an illness, but > I do not hold out much hope of getting far, if the information is only > available from money sources / sites. > Warm regards to you all Bazza in Lincoln > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus