Hi everyone Just in case some of you do not receive the regular newsletter from National Archives, here is the latest. Very interesting. cheers Graham Oz Important Announcement Further to our announcement earlier in the year regarding the purchase of our archives by 1837online.com, we are pleased to announce that the transition of the archives to the 1837online.com website will take place in the next few weeks. From Thursday 6 April 2006 the National Archivist will no longer be taking new registrations or purchases for credits. If you already have valid credits with us, you may continue to use these as normal on our website. On Thursday 20 April 2006 the National Archivist website will be closing down and your account will be transferred to 1837online.com along with any units you have remaining. From this date you will be able to search the archives on the 1837online.com website. What will happen to my account? 1837online.com will create a new account for you automatically using the email address with which you registered on National Archivist as your user name and contact email. You will then be emailed with details of how to activate your account. Tip: It is worth setting your email account to allow emails from the 1837online.com domain to ensure you receive the email giving you details of the changes. If you have not received an email by 25 April 2006, you should contact 1837online.com's customer helpdesk on 0870 7771837 or email them on <mailto:info@1837online.com>info@1837online.com. Customers with live credits on National Archivist on 20 April will have their credits converted to 1837online units at a rate of two units per credit. Every registered customer will also receive details of a very special introductory offer to 1837online.com. If you are already registered with 1837online.com using the same email address as registered on National Archivist, your live units will simply be transferred to your existing account.

Just an email promise will not return to this subject in public. Surely National Archivist (Thursted Third Party Limited) UK company registration 3745789, is entirely different to the National Archives. The former do however give a link to the National Archives as to how to search for wills etc. Even in the UK, transport costs and time required, and of course for many people who later in life have time, the ambulatory ability, make it much cheaper to pay for a good site (and there are more than one although I use only one), than to try and travel. Keeping a computer system going, needs knowledge, and is most cases is not free. Jo.