As far as them telling you how many pages, the documents usually have the pages numbered so it is no problem. They did tell me how many pages the record was and the charge per page plus total charge. If it is a bound volume there are restrictions as to copy methods for conservation reasons, which was what made the record I wanted very expensive. I think it involved filming and then printing - yes, an alternative would be a digitised copy on CD to save postage, but I don't think it reduces copy costs much. They wouldn't however list contents or assess which pages might be most useful - you would have to pay a researcher for that. The NAS staff will however supply copies of identified documents on request. I have also requested from them post-1901 wills by supplying details of the name and date of death. I didn't have to hire a researcher, just paid the NAS direct by credit card and they mailed it to me. It is not cheap, but nor is hiring a researcher at £18 an hour or so. As to the difficulties with the catalogue, I haven't had any, although I think there is currently a note on the website saying they have had issues with it. Perhaps as it gets more popular it is getting overloaded. Good to hear they are getting an enhanced search facility Catherine On 7/02/2008, at 12:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > et="US-ASCII" > > Janet, > > I've also had trouble getting details. I only have 2 hits, and > when I hit > "details" I could never get anything to come up. I finally did get > one, but > still trying on the other. > > Now I have to figure out how (or if) to order the full records. > > Do they tell you in advance how many pages? > > Irene, in Michigan > > >