On 31/01/2016 3:46 AM, Keith Drage via wrote: > (Text cut) > > As far as I am aware, Norfolk Record Office (which holds the majority of > the Norfolk parish registers which are not still held by the parishes > themselves) has not made direct deals with any of the commercial > companies, so what is available has come from other sources. > > (Text cut) Not quite true. NRO has made a deal with The Genealogist, The following referring to Parish Registers, has been copied from The Genealogist website ( http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2016/fully-searchable-norfolk-parish-records-now-online-312/ ) : .......... "The Norfolk Record Office is pleased to be working with TheGenealogist, a commercial company helping to make these important records available to a worldwide audience." Gary Tuson, County Archivist at The Norfolk Record Office ........... Hope this helps. John Francis

I did refer to this occurring, although confusingly I said "Master Genealogist" rather than "The Genealogist". The list of parishes The Genealogist currently advertises as part of its Diamond Service is here. http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/coverage/parish-records/norfolk/?level=diamond#includes But this does not tell you if they have the images for all the entries. There are contents in this list that are clearly the Phillimore marriage publications, rather than original records. I have not been able to find anything from the Norfolk Archives side that states anything about this tie up, or the support they are giving, and as far as I can see it is not generating a revenue stream they are reporting. The press release from The Genealogist is vague and unspecific. So it is unclear to me how much they are offering that is not available from other sources already identified. I did check a couple of parishes and found they aligned with what was already available as images on Family Search. I do know that there are parishes where Norfolk Record Office holds a microfilm which are not listed by The Genealogist. That may mean it is work in progress, or that some limitation exists (either as to source or arrangement). I await some detailed analysis from someone who decides to pay for a subscription. regards Keith Drage Swindon UK On 31/01/2016 10:04, John Francis via wrote: > On 31/01/2016 3:46 AM, Keith Drage via wrote: >> (Text cut) >> >> As far as I am aware, Norfolk Record Office (which holds the majority of >> the Norfolk parish registers which are not still held by the parishes >> themselves) has not made direct deals with any of the commercial >> companies, so what is available has come from other sources. >> >> > (Text cut) > > Not quite true. NRO has made a deal with The Genealogist, The following > referring to Parish Registers, has been copied from The Genealogist > website ( > http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2016/fully-searchable-norfolk-parish-records-now-online-312/ > ) : > > .......... > > "The Norfolk Record Office is pleased to be working with TheGenealogist, > a commercial company helping to make these important records available > to a worldwide audience." > > Gary Tuson, County Archivist at The Norfolk Record Office > ........... > > > Hope this helps. > > John Francis > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >