On 1 Sep 2011 at 10:29, Chris Watts wrote: > > Just to be clear, I wasn't being critical of the LDS transcription > > and the fact that it's freely available on multiple websites is > > fantastic. > > > > I was just wondering if an alternate version is, or would ever be, > > available. Maybe one day. > > > > Paul > > Nice perhaps, but think of the economics. Why would a commercial > organisation spend lots of money preparing an index for which they > would need to charge (either directly or as a "hidden" component of a > subscription) when researchers have free access. Doesn't add up for > them - lots of more profitable things for them to do. Would a charity > (FHS or whoever) want to do it? They probabbly have lots of more > pressing projects that relate to totally unindexed records. So don't > hold you breath! Ordinarily you'd be right, but in this instance there is an alternative transcription - at The Genealogist (see the earlier part of this discussion). Peter