If this is the Archives.com that I think it is, you can forget getting any MA vital records. They sold their entire MA VR to an unknown company. I just e-mailed them the other day. I asked for the name of the company and was told that they wish to remain anonymous. The word is that they are going to put all of the records online. My guess is that it will become another pay site. Archives.com had a very good collection of MA VRs on microfiche. This included a lot of towns that have never had their records published. Especially those of the four western counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden & Hampshire. John Slaughter, Administrator, MA Vital Records Project - http://MA-VitalRecords.org In loving memory of our son, Brennan, 11/10/88-5/31/01. http://John-Slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html E-mail for Veterans - http://US-Vets.us ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Montgomery" <kathym@uvic.ca> To: <masuffol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:52 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] Archives pay for use database? > Hi - when I look for someone on findagrave.com and they aren't there, I > sometimes get an ad for Archives.com. does anyone use this site, and does > it actually have data? or is it just an index? it gives the impression > that it has more recent vital stats than other online sites. > > I'd like to hear of others experiences with it. thanks > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MASUFFOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >