In some of the older cemeteries records are in old volumes by date. Therefore, if the death date is not known, a search might involve checking every day of several years. I can understand a fee for that. In other cases, however, files or cards are in alphabetical order, in which case it should only take 30 seconds to find a file. I think a fee of more that $5 in such a case is unfair, particularly because if you went to the cemetery they would give you the info on the spot for free. I have been researching for 7 years and have spent an exhorbitant amount of money. I stopped complaining years ago because it was pointless. I just pay what I have to, get excited by what I find, and move on to the next issue. Merle -----Original Message----- From: DAMIKATIE@cs.com To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Cemeteries Charging for Info Woodlands Cemetery charged me $25.00 a few years ago.The only information I received from them was name of deceased , date of death, and location in cemetery. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.