Hi, Not wishing to prolong this subject, but different RO's have differing policies on this subject. I live in Devon and was in the RO at Exeter, they don't charge for taking digital cameras into the RO, you can also take a laptop in to use. I found the RO at Exeter very friendly, which I assume this is the same from the staff in RO's in Mon. Regards Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Sheppard" <graham@grahamsheppard.org.uk> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Message on behalf of all Monmouthshire Family Historyresearchers > Playing 'devil's advocate': digitally photographing a page is NOT the > same as using a pencil - it is the same as having a photocopy made. I > believe the RO does charge for photocopying, so any charge for digital > photography should be the same as their income for photocopying. It > would take a long time to hand copy a detailed page! > Regards > Graham > > -----Original Message----- > From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean Smith > Sent: 25 April 2007 15:37 > To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MON] Message on behalf of all Monmouthshire Family History > researchers > > The following was posted by mike John on the monfh discussion group, and > I think it bears repeating here. If you think that charges at the Gwent > RO for using your own resources (digital camera) are unfair, please sign > the petition. > > Mike says: > I have just started a petition to get Gwent records office to abolish > this ridiculous new charge they have introduced, on the use of personal > cameras. > <http://www.petitiononline.com/brychan/petition.html>http://www.petition > online.com/brychan/petition.html > I have also contacted > all the M.P's & A.M's for Gwent who have assured me they would look in > to the matter and have also asked for a copy of the minutes of the > meeting where the decision was made. > > I have also found out that 1 if not 2 representatives of the Gwent > family history society was at this meeting, one being Mr Geoff Riggs, so > as family historians and past, present and potential members of the > society we would like to know what their postion was about this charge. > > Using your camera at a public records office is the same as writing the > information down on a notepad, new technology is to be welcomed > especially when it makes life a lot more easier, for myself I have been > able to photograph the parish records, take them home and then share the > work of transcribing them with other family researchers. All these > transcriptions can be found free on my website > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/myfamily-history.h > tm>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/myfamily-history > .htm > So > why charge someone for using their camera, you would not charge them for > using a pencil, also will they bring in a charge for using laptops. > > If you live in Gwent or even outside contact local M.Ps & A.M's and > express your concern about this unfair charge. Contact Jessica Morden > M.P <mailto:mordenj%40parliament.uk>mordenj@parliament.uk or Anthony > Jermyn <mailto:JERMYNA%40parliament.uk>JERMYNA@parliament.uk her case > worker who are looking in to the matter on my behalf. > > Mike John > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >