At 07:57 PM 1/06/2006, Gwynne Chadwick wrote: >In the long term, there will hopefully be another option available for UK >based researchers to view Shropshire Parish records. >I understand that Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury intend to distribute >copies of the local Parish record fiche to various branch libraries >throughout Shropshire. I wonder if they might make this option available to overseas libraries? I am sure our State Library in Victoria, Australia would be very interested in obtaining these fiche, even at a cost. Shropshire is very poorly represented here, except for the very old books of the Shropshire Parish Register Society up to 1812, in some circumstances marriages to 1837 - and many in very bad condition, falling apart from heavy usage. Is it any wonder they are kept hidden up in the stacks and shrink-wrapped! Bring on the microfiche! Cheers Graham