Quoting John Fairlie <john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk>: > I will ask again.....If the shortage of scans is not the limiting factor in > moving the project forward faster - what is? Do we want more transcribers? > 82,000 records a day may sound good, indeed it IS good, but with 5,000 > transcribers, it only averages 16 records a day each. I still feel the > project could be moved forward faster if you say what you need most. Shortage of scans *is* a factor. Not in an immediate sense, but in a long-term stable supply problem. This is something we are addressing. We also do need to open more syndicates, to enable more transcribers to be taken on. This, in itself, creates a scan supply problem in that the more syndicates we have the larger the "stock" of scans we require. 5000 transcribers in twice the number of syndicates means a need for about 50% more scans in reserve. > I will leave the subject of us buying scans from 1837online to Dave Mayall > to answer publicly then. He has already kindly exchanged with me off list. :-) John suggested that people might like to help FreeBMD by purchasing a few scans each from 1837online. Whilst this might seem to be a good idea, it is forbidden by 1837online.com's terms and conditions (and one can appreciate why, FreeBMD is NOT good for their business). If FreeBMD were to put transcriptions from 1837online scans onto the site, we would be open to legal action (including personal liability for the four of us). In consequence, we will remove any transcriptions that we become aware of that are taken from 1837online scans from the site. -- Dave Mayall ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

Dave, Just one question. How would 1837onlne know that the scans were there's and not from a local Family History Society or library, typed in from fiche ? Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Dave Mayall [mailto:david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk] Sent: 11 September 2003 10:36 To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Shortage of Scans Whilst this might seem to be a good idea, it is forbidden by 1837online.com's terms and conditions (and one can appreciate why, FreeBMD is NOT good for their business). If FreeBMD were to put transcriptions from 1837online scans onto the site, we would be open to legal action (including personal liability for the four of us). In consequence, we will remove any transcriptions that we become aware of that are taken from 1837online scans from the site. -- Dave Mayall ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237