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
I would love to join in, esp for Gorton, Ardwick etc. but I don't have access to records. You all do a great job. Jane :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie in Wigan" <maggie.sunshine@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:55 PM 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