As an aside to this discussion, Mike John is very lucky to be able to photograph records at the archives he has visited. In Barnsley we are not allowed to do this! Joan in South Yorkshire 2009/1/29 Richard Heaton <[email protected]> > While it is disappointing that the Wiltshire Wills project has had to > introduce a charge, its perhaps not surprising. With hindsight, what would > have been great, would have been a project (while access was free), to > index > all the names appearing within the Wiltshire Wills (or maybe this is on the > way ?) which would greatly enhance the value of what is already a superb > collection. > > Regardless hopefully some of the income generated from the charge can be > re-invested to enable more material to become available on the web in > future. > > Best Rgds > Richard Heaton > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike john" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:56 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Cost of Wilts Wills online defended > > > Okay you win, lets charge for everything, reading books in libraries, going > into museums & art galleries, sitting in the park, feeding the ducks at the > local pond. > > Where do you thing public ammentities start and end, a century ago > politians, trade unionists and many other people with philanphrocpic > beliefs > fought so that ordinary people could enjoy culture, that was once the > privelege of the rich. We have a government aided by local councils who > believe in privatising everything. Your attitude to paying for what you > should be getting for nothing astounds me, you are so short sighted, > because > at the end of the day it is your history, and you are a taxpayer already > ensuring it survives for future generations > > There are people on low incomes, single parents, and pensioners who cant > afford to pay these extravegent costs, have'nt the right to look into their > history as well, why should we pay again for things that already belong to > us. > > I am unsubscribing so dont bother replying, I was only pointing out the > fact, that yes I love family history, and my aim is to give something back > for FREE before its all gets taken away, because that is what is going to > happen in the long term. > > Mike John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Snook" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:07 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Cost of Wilts Wills online defended > > > Did you do this photographing etc for love? When you do this, do you ever > consider the time that it takes for you to do it? What would you pay > somebody, a professional, to do the same thing? You don't get owt for nowt! > I, for one, don't mind paying a fee - but I bet that it's only a fraction > of > the true cost taking everything into consideration. > Phil > > > On 29/1/09 12:44, "mike john" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have just purchased 9 pages from a newpaper, they cost 90p each, I will > > now upload them to my website which cost nothing. I have also > photographed > > practically every parish record in Monmouthshire, fantastic images over > > 300,000 of them, cost me just my bus fair to the records offices. I have > > also photographed all the Tithe apportionments for the whole of > > Monmouthshire, cost nothing. plus several hundred thousand other > documents > > > > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anton Mcloughlin" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Cost of Wilts Wills online defended > > > > > > When the Wills Project site first came on line i had excellent and very > > fast service from the Wilts Archives who photocopied and posted many > > wills and associated documents to me by return of post. > > > > This project is really a flagship one and a tremendous help to > > researchers...it really helped me with mine as i got two wills late > 17thC. > > > > As wills are so hard to locate from a distance, and sometimes even in a > > record office, it is so unusual to find such a comprehensive indexing > > project. > > > > Considering that the Borthwick Institute has the wills for the whole of > > the North of England and they chare £10 for paper copies and take up to > > 28 days to send them. Wiltshire Archives are very realistic at £5 for an > > instant copy or less for a posted paper copy. > > > > Considering the potential leads in wills £5 is a reasonable price to pay > > for an instant download. > > > > The revenue will undoubtably be put to good use enabling more records to > > go online. > > > > Admittadly there are some digitisation projects that are free...the most > > notable is the Medway Ark project which has all the OPRs and more for > > free. > > > > But the more that goes on line the better for all. > > > > Anton > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1923 - Release Date: > > 29/01/2009 > > 07:13 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1923 - Release Date: > 29/01/2009 > 07:13 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >