Dear Listers Just to update you on the latest news. I phoned again yesterday (Monday),and spoke with someone different. He was also an employee of another company trading at that address. I explained the position, he was sympathetic. He took my phone number and e-mail address, promised he would have someone get back to me. He even phoned me back a few minutes later to check the spelling on my e-mail address. It's Tuesday,PM. Nothing as yet. Whilst I was waiting I did a little research. It would appear that there are at least 3 firms connected here in Bray. 1)Otherdays 2)European Micropublishing services 3)Ryco It's a little confusing, because of different addresses and phone numbers,depending on where you search. But basically, I spoke to EMS on friday,Ryco yesterday,on the same phone number,but at Otherdays trading address. Alan Ryan (+ Gerald Ryan) set up Ryco in about 1993. It's a firm that manufactures and supplies laminate bindings for books, for schools and libraries. EMS as a company has the same trading address (10 Ballywaltrim) It was certainly operating in 1985,as it was responsible for much of the filming of Irish records for the National Library,Dublin and the Linen Hall Library ,Belfast. {If you recall, my previous contact had said they had all the Tithes ready to go online,and that something like only a tiny percentage of available records were currently online. I did a bit more poking around,and EMS filmed the Tithes currently held by the Library of Congress. So presumably,it can't be too difficult to transfer those microfilms to digital imaging. There must be some arrangement to pay the National Archives/Library some sort of fee/percentage etc.} I have not been able to find out who owns EMS. But the chap I spoke to at EMS said I needed to speak to Alan,and both companies shared directors. Now,this is an e-mail from Alan Ryan printed on the Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter,in february,in reply to a subscriber to Otherdays (who actually got an answer!) "Dear Customer, The Otherdays.com website has been down for almost two weeks, it has proven more difficult to trace the problem than first envisaged. We initially thought is was a hardware issues and when the new parts arrived the problem was still there. We now believe it is both a hardware and software issue, and we have a team of experts arriving to help sort out the problems. We are not getting all our e-mails, so please except our apologies for the tardy replies. We will of course keep you fully informed and we do hope to be operation very shortly. Best regards Alan Ryan Otherdays.Com" So we know that all 3 businesses are connected by Alan Ryan. Ryco and EMS seem to be successful and established businesses,and it's easy to see why they decided to set up Otherdays,as they already had so much experience with filming Irish records. There is much more substance to this operation than a "fly-by-night" website,so I feel more optimistic on that score. There is obviously the chance for them to make millions,either on their own,or by selling to Ancestry etc. To do so,they can't afford to get a bad name on the internet,so I am still confused by their reluctance to contact their customers directly. Hopefully,someone will get back to me in the next few days. They may not answer the phone at Otherdays, but the other 2 companies have to carry on trading! Also, I have acquired the names and phone numbers of several neighbouring business units, ,just in case. That's all for now. Cathy