I'm don't have the authority to answer about 1837online. However I am competent to answer the other queries. Good quality scans were provided to all Syndicates who requested them, very recently. More on their way. We are taking on 6 new volunteers every day. 2 Syndicates are currently accepting new volunteers. 82,000 records added every day, if this isn't moving towards our target I don't know what is. If you are having difficulty in obtaining more source material to transcribe please let me know and I should be able to place you with a Syndicate who can oblige? Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: John Fairlie <john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk> To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 10 September 2003 21:14 Subject: Shortage of Scans >If the project is slowed by the shortage of decent scans, why don't we get >scans from 1837online.com? OK, OK, I know we have to pay for them, but we >are currently having to buy film from GRO, buy expensive scanners and do >scanning, all of which costs FreeBMD money. It has all already been done by >the 1837online chaps. > >And if the shortage of scans is not the limiting factor in moving the >project forward faster - what is? Do we want more transcribers? > >John Fairlie >Mail us at ..... john@fairlie.plus.com > john.fairlie@blueyonder.co.uk >Home page... http://www.fairlie.plus.com > > >============================== >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 > >