Most of the PRF information is available on the website FamilySearch.org. AND it gives you the person who submitted it, so you can get it directly from them via email. As far as the PRF CDs, I was told that the Church was sending them free to all FHCs. If true, your FHC could get them if they wanted to for free. Regarding the little extra info that might be on the CDs, remember that if people did not include such data, it will not be there. AND we, people, are very bad about including all that data. Alan > > From: "Linda" <geneamarm@if.rmci.net> > Date: 2005/05/25 Wed PM 01:37:12 EDT > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAF-5] PRF/was No Source Information given in IGI > > I have a very grumpy reason for not submitting my data to the PRF. With ancestral file,the info was available, first to FHCs before the internet, then online once FamilySearch came online. Pedigree Resource File comes only on CDs that have to be purchased. Our Stake FHC only has up to disk 30-something. Even those were purchased privately by stake members who wanted to"build up" the collection, but have not done so recently. I'd have to go to the regional FHC which is something I just can't do on a regular basis. It seems that whenever I do get a hit on the PRF index, it's up in the 60s or 80s. I do want to buy the entire collection for my use, but it's pricey and other more urgent expenses keep coming up. So I'm rather grumpy that we are urged to submit our information to this, but have to pay out in order to see it. Even rootsweb lets you look at others' submitted family histories for free. > > And, I'm not one who complains about not having free access to genealogical records; just complaining that one can only see the records if they have access to the CDs. If they were automatically supplied to my stake FHC like the AF ones were, or online, I wouldn't fuss. > > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Whitcomb > To: Linda > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:55 PM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] No Source Information given in IGI > > > This gives us more reasons to submit our data to the Pedigree Resource File, and to encourage our friends to do this as well. > > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >