Interesting, Mick. We at Waltham Abbey Hist Soc downloaded our parish's register images (a mammoth job) a while back, before the pay-per-view move was announced, and a small group of members is currently beavering away at transcribing them. We managed to find 3 missing scans in half a dozen registers, and ERO kindly resurrected them. Lawrence Good question! I am transcribing Essex registers for the FreeReg project and understand there is some negotiation going on between them and Essex RO for us to retain free access to the online registers, although, as most of my interests lie in Essex, I will no doubt transcribe anyway and allow my subscription to Find My Past lapse. Easy for me though as can be in Chelmsford in an hour or so and, during my occasional visits, can use Ancestry online there for any BMD's or census information that is required Mick