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Ooooh! 1st of April is *such* a suspicious date!!!! Moya ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris & Caroline To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: [HantsLife] GRO online Recd this today... didn't put it on the Lists, wanted you to look it over. Edna - Ottawa ----------------------------------- Updated news from Family Research Link for the GRO going online http://www.1837online.com/ Family Research Link is absolutely delighted to announce that on the 10th February, after almost three years of our ongoing discussions and negotiations with the General Record Office, the decision has been made to relax access to index information less than 100 years old. These changes are due to take effect from 1st April 2003, at which date we will be pleased to open our site to you with the indexes from 1837 to 2001. We hope that you will be as thrilled as we are with this outcome, which we believe benefits the genealogical community worldwide. --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 19/02/2003 ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" ============================== 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