On 7 Nov Ian & Sue wrote:- (snip) >We do not understand why the ONS should choose to restrict the data to 100 >years old >There are several reasons why they should not do this (snip) >As UK taxpayers we feel this information is our property not theirs, the ONS >does not own the information. and Dear Ian & Sue..... I feel (and think) that the information is not necessarily *your property*. Just because my parents were required by law to register my birth in the 20th century, does not mean that *I* would be happy about those details being easily accessible on the internet. I'm more inclined to accept the ONS as *guardians* of that information. Steve