Unless things have changed a lot FMP is also a pay as you go site. Or at least you can buy set amounts of money that can be used for viewing transcripts or images, Which is how I have always used them. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Karen Leverich <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their comments and advice on my first ever dabble > into UK genealogy. I can believe FindMyPast to be a useful resource but > probably won't subscribe at this stage of my research. I did head over and > explored a bit on ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. For those not familiar with it > (me!), it seems to be a "pay as you go" site, rather than by subscription, > which was well-suited to the limited nature of my query. Though getting > dinged every time I look at a page of search results and even more when I > looked at an image tended to discourage my usual appetite for anything and > everything associated with the family I'm researching. I'll probably put a > few more quarters in the meter (if only they were quarters, LOL!) and do > some more exploring, once I get used to the concept. Or (as someone > suggested) just order the microfilms to my local Family History Center and > then scroll away. > > We'll see. :-) > > I did feel good fortune was on my side when I read the following on their > description of Birth & Baptism Records in the Old Parish Registers, given I > was interested in Dundee! > > *INFORMATION IN AN OPR BIRTHS & BAPTISMS RECORD* > > *Do not expect too much from OPR birth & baptism records. The amount of > information recorded can be variable and most entries contain very little > detail.* > > *At best:* name of the child, whether legitimate or not, date of birth > and/or date of baptism, father's name, mother's name and maiden surname, > place or parish of residence, occupation of the father and names (and > sometimes occupations) of witnesses. Occasionally, as in, for example, > Dundee, witnesses' relationship to the child (if any) may be recorded. > Cheers! > > Karen > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message