Hi Paul, But is there any news on *when* the New Index will be available - and at what cost-to-view? The most recent I could find by Googling was April 2006 - and since then there's been the news that the GRO is going to be moved to the Passport Service in the Spring - which doesn't exactly Bode Well... Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> To: "Mike Palmer" <[email protected]>; "John Kane" <[email protected]>; "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]>; "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] GOWER Vivien: Yes, I believe so. But you'll only need to do it for couples married before 1837 because DoVE also gives spouses' names in GRO marriages. Best wishes Paul Prescott

Gus: The definitive statement comes from "The Family Record", the newsletter from the Family Records Centre. See http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/news/fr_39.htm for the latest position. The project appears to be progressing steadily, albeit that the original timescales have slipped. It's not being done in-house, but under an external contract with Siemens, so in principle the move of the GRO shouldn't affect it. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> To: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]>; "Mike Palmer" <[email protected]>; "John Kane" <[email protected]>; "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]>; "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] GOWER > Hi Paul, > > But is there any news on *when* the New Index will be available - and at > what cost-to-view? > > The most recent I could find by Googling was April 2006 - and since then > there's been the news that the GRO is going to be moved to the Passport > Service in the Spring - which doesn't exactly Bode Well... > > Gus > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> > To: "Mike Palmer" <[email protected]>; "John Kane" > <[email protected]>; "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]>; > "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: [WOR] GOWER > > > Vivien: > > Yes, I believe so. But you'll only need to do it for couples married > before > 1837 because DoVE also gives spouses' names in GRO marriages. > > Best wishes > > Paul Prescott > >

Paul, VERY many thanks for all the details on the DoVE Project - I've learned a lot, including that "DoVE" is no longer used as aterm that can be Googled for new information.... BUT... Despite all the Hype about "Marriages containing Spouses' Names" there's been a very significant silence as to how far they've got with Marriages - or Deaths, for that matter. And as it was Marriages that were were known to be the Big Problem area - especially following the publication of "A Comedy of Errors" a few years back - it looks as if it will be a long time before we get the hyped "Spouses Names". Throw in the 12-month - so far - overrun on Births, I'm just hoping I'll survive to 2015 to pick up all of my TYSOEs..... Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> To: "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: [WOR] DoVE Gus: The definitive statement comes from "The Family Record", the newsletter from the Family Records Centre. See http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/news/fr_39.htm for the latest position. The project appears to be progressing steadily, albeit that the original timescales have slipped. It's not being done in-house, but under an external contract with Siemens, so in principle the move of the GRO shouldn't affect it. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> To: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]>; "Mike Palmer" <[email protected]>; "John Kane" <[email protected]>; "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]>; "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] GOWER > Hi Paul, > > But is there any news on *when* the New Index will be available - and at > what cost-to-view? > > The most recent I could find by Googling was April 2006 - and since then > there's been the news that the GRO is going to be moved to the Passport > Service in the Spring - which doesn't exactly Bode Well... > > Gus > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> > To: "Mike Palmer" <[email protected]>; "John Kane" > <[email protected]>; "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]>; > "Eng-Worcester" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: [WOR] GOWER > > > Vivien: > > Yes, I believe so. But you'll only need to do it for couples married > before > 1837 because DoVE also gives spouses' names in GRO marriages. > > Best wishes > > Paul Prescott > > ------------------------------- 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