----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Bean" <yvonneb@gil.com.au> To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [PERTH] Re: Scotlands People (was Henderson, Low) Hi, Here in Oz - cost was $15 approx ... because I'd done my homework, I was able to get copies of 5 certificates which would ordinarily cost a mint as they were outside the years that you could get through the LDS FHC's. I both saved these copies to my hard-drive as well as printed them out. A SCT certificate is normally around $30 each. My advice is: 1. to do your homework first & have enough information on each person 2. make sure you have 5 certificates or census entries that you want copies of. You only have a certain time limit to use these points. You don't loose what you have left after the time expiry; you just have to spend another £6 to get them back again. I agree wholeheartedly with what you say........ I found my first visit was a learning curve and I didn't get full value in the wayof image downloads, but I had learned a lot for next time. I think it is an invaluable site for those of us on the other side of the worl or who can't get there. . I admit to never ordering an extract as I think they are expensive at appx 12 GBP and they don't have much more than you get on the search result, but for anything from the Statutory records I consider it dirt cheap. Especially when I am told it costs 17.500 GBP for a day pass, plus parking and getting there. Elizabeth Jean