Hi Adrian You can volunteer to do any parish. They all help. The more volunteer's they have the sooner the whole thing gets done and that is better for all of us. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Prince" <adrian.prince@y7mail.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] ENG-MANCHESTER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 228 > While Lancs OPC may not have as much info as Family Search, it is vastly > more accurate. I am really concerned that LDS won't delete or edit > information that's clearly wrong (eg parents born after their children!). > > I think Lancs OPC is a wonderful site, made even better by the search full > county function. I was going to volunteer then the parish I was > interested in was suddenly fully covered. I'll come back to it when I've > finished investigating my wife's descendancy from Henry III. > > Thanks, Lancs OPC > > Adrian Prince > Sunshine Coast > Australia > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Maggie in Wigan <maggie.sunshine@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 19 July, 2008 8:55:46 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] ENG-MANCHESTER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 228 > > Lynne asked > > What other site, that provides as much info as the FamilySearch sites > provide for free, doesn't have links to a paid site? > > How about > > http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ > > Ok, so not as much info. > > And not as many volunteers. > > but totally free, gratis, no strings, transcribed as accurately as we can > > real battles to get permission to transcribe > > squinting at records written with a twig dipped in treacle > > But..... > > every day we get another volunteer > > which means more records online > > free. > > > (OK, I know it's an unashamed plug for the site and an appeal for more > volunteers. But people are starting to notice the work we do. And I know > there are plenty of parioshed which don't have a transcriber. Anyone with > a > spare few hours is very welcome to join us.) > > > Maggie > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Start at the new Yahoo!7 for a better online experience. > www.yahoo7.com.au > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message