Very exciting, Mike, thank you. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Mick Loxdale <[email protected]> wrote: > Just received the below in the Essex RO monthly E-bulletin, which may be of > interest: > > > > Pay-to-Browse Launch > > Essex Record Office will be launching Essex Ancestors on 30 August. This > new > service will offer unlimited pay-to-browse access to Essex parish registers > and many wills, giving customers fuller and wider access to our holdings > from the comfort of their homes. Parish register coverage will extend from > at least 1538 to 1837 with the period 1837 to the present partly included > at > go-live date or planned imminently. Marriages within the last 50 years will > be excluded, in compliance with government guidelines, however. > > > > Parish register and will images will become available for 1 day, 1 week, 1 > month, 6 months or 1 year according to the user's need or preference, but > we > are pleased to say that access to the images will be free in the ERO > Searchroom. > > > > We look forward to your future comments (e mail: > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) and hope that > this new departure will help mitigate our savings in the new financial > climate. > > >