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    1. Re: [Ess] Essex Records Office online
    2. Edwina Higgins

    3. No one likes paying for access to archives - me included. But I have to say I would rather pay my pennies to support the actual ERO itself than to support a commercial company. Lesser of two evils? Edwina Higgins

    07/02/2011 06:02:55
    1. Re: [Ess] Essex Records Office online
    2. Charani

    3. Edwina Higgins wrote: > No one likes paying for access to archives - me included. But I have to > say I would rather pay my pennies to support the actual ERO itself than > to support a commercial company. Lesser of two evils? The way I look at is that it's going to cost me considerably more to physically visit the archives than it would for online access or even using an archive's research service. We may dislike supporting commercial companies, some more so than others, but at least they have the wherewithal to make records available and it is our subscriptions to these sites that helps make more and more available. My main gripe about the commercial sites are the exclusive deals they make so there is only one source for the records - and what happens when/if they go under? -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

    07/02/2011 06:38:43
    1. Re: [Ess] Essex Records Office online
    2. ListMail

    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwina Higgins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Essex Records Office online > No one likes paying for access to archives - me included. But I have to > say I would rather pay my pennies to support the actual ERO itself than > to support a commercial company. Lesser of two evils? > It is worth noting that without commercial operators taking a business risk, then a lot of the information we enjoy on the Internet would not be available to us. Census data all years and areas 1841 - 1911 except 1881. Previously the data was available only in patches and then one had to purchase multiple CDs. London parish registers from the LMA and an increasing number of other regions. Passenger lists, immigration and emigration lists. And many more. When one lives 12,000 miles away from where records are held, as I do, one appreciates the relatively low cost of getting data from commercial providers as well as government and county agencies. Even this list is available to you free of charge thanks to a commercial business. Keith Wellington, NZ

    07/03/2011 05:38:51