hose of you who have looked on my website (I gave the url earlier may > > have noticed that the NHS provided details for Nellie Hitcox,**Female, > > age23,Housemaid who was single, however she is redacted on the FMP image. > > Cheers > > Guy" > > > > Will we ever discover why in their "wisdom" FMP did not release to the > > public the page on the rhs which would contain the useful information that a > > person listed was deceased by the year 1991? > > Logic tells me if this was okay to be released by the NHS to you in 2008 why > > is this now a problem 7 years later? > > The second page as well as possibly noting the person was "D" for deceased > > also contains very useful golden gems for Gene researchers such as:- > > a person was in the ARP, was a SRN, an alternate name, later marriage in > > different ink and noting a date?, or someone having been called up etc. It > > is a great pity FMP didn't see the advantage in including this side of the > > image, which would have made the high cost in credits much more worthwhile. > > On the page image there are 5 "redacted" persons, if the FMP went to the > > trouble of masking these individuals couldn't they at the same time not read > > across the lines to see if indeed they had a "D" opposite? From the FMP > > promotional video it seems they had access to the full book, so why wasn't a > > second image taken of the rhs while it was set up? Check the video to see if > > they indeed photograph the "whole 2 pages? What a pity, Guy, as you did all the work lobbying and organising a petition and just keeping AT them to get this information from 1939 published, that FMP, in their wisdow? did not have the sense to emply your services as consultant to guide them into sensible decisions about what to include, how to check, and how much to charge. An opportunity lost there EVE ----------------------------- >Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society