In answer to this, everything on the Recorders of Uttlesford History website is freely available, both the Recorders and the Saffron Walden branch of the ESFH believe that if this work has been done freely by volunteers then it should not be charged for and make money for commercial companies. The Essex Record Office is different - this is one of the best record offices in the country, but they are under pressure and facing cuts like everything else. They are investing large amounts of paid-for staff time and money in scanning all the parish registers of every parish in Essex and this needs to be recouped by those who want to download the images - but of course it is the original image you get which is a lovely thing to have if it's your family. So although £5 a day is a lot, it is helping to look after the Essex records and giving the ERO a little income and if you organise yourself, you could probably download all the Essex images you want in one day. You can always go and look at the microfilms and print off the images yourself - at the ERO Archive Access Point in Saffron Walden Library, this costs 30p a page which most people are happy to pay. The quality would not equal a scan, however. The RUH records are a transcript, of course. Jacky Jacqueline Cooper Recorders of Uttlesford History www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk