Cheers Graham I've calmed down now. Bob Phillips (John Slann Institute of Transcribers) ps If we used Tommy the triceratops we could have 3 bit scans! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:09 AM Subject: [FreeBMD-News] FreeBMD data available on ancestry.com website. > Hi, > > Ancestry have issued a press release announcing their New Data > Collection for the UK and Ireland. > (http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/4741.asp) > > They now carry a copy of the FreeBMD database on their site. Access to > the FreeBMD records on the Ancestry site is free. You have to join to > gain access to some of their other data but this does NOT include the > FreeBMD records. > > Ancestry continued the RootsWeb sponsorship of FreeBMD and we have > always said they could take make the data searchable on their site as > long as they meet our criteria ... i.e. it is available free on the > Internet. > > As they are launching their new UK and Ireland section, they have taken > up this offer and have put a copy of FreeBMD on their site. > > They are NOT allowed to make a charge for FreeBMD. > > We see this as positive in a number of ways: > > 1) Ancestry have sponsored us well in the past and this makes their > commitment to the project that much greater. > > 2) People are now able to search on both the FreeBMD website or on > Ancestry, thus releasing some of the pressure on the FreeBMD website. > > 3) Ancestry have a different search engine and more horsepower, so they > can support a wider variety of queries than the FreeBMD site. > > > We appreciate the concern that this has caused but would like to assure > everyone that FreeBMD remains committed to putting the GRO indexes on > the Internet and searchable for free. We will not allow anyone, and nor > will the ONS from whom we have permission for the project, to put the > FreeBMD data on the Internet and charge. > > > Cheers > > Graham Hart > Ben Laurie > Dave Mayall > Camilla von Massenbach > Corgi the transcribing duck > Arnold the scanning stegosaurus > > > ==== FreeBMD-News Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD is proudly supported by RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com > http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the > Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >