I confess I am baffled why someone in Australia would use a library service in Lancashire when they have full access via their own National Library All Australian residents have full access to the Gale databases plus many other publications, I suspect probably more than Lancs Library has (they are just a little bit bigger than Lancs <g>) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > I know of someone who enquired about joining the library and they let her do so by e-mail - > they gave her an access number right away with the official members card to follow. Again she > was in Australia. > If I remember correctly there are other things you can look at besides the Gale papers, maybe not > to do with family research but still interesting! > > This was about 6 or 7 months ago so they may have changed their membership policy. > > regards > Sandra