I think I will be taking this up at my next meeting of the TNA User Advisory Group, although unfortunately it is not until June. I represent independent researchers on this Group and if anyone would like to email me privately about online access to the TNA records, or any other TNA matter, please feel free to do so, at londonrootsresearch@gmail.com. Rosemary Morgan Professional Genealogist London Roots Research www.londonrootsresearch.blogspot.com londonrootsresearch@gmail.com records to a monopoly . If anyone wants to email me On 08/04/2014 17:18, "J K gen" <gen2mail@gmail.com> wrote: >All the more reason, also, for pressure to be put on all such >repositories as TNA Kew to refuse to allow any and all monopoly >access. > >The beauty of the E&W census is its being available through several >different commercial providers. Would this were the case with all >records. > >Judy Kay > >On 8 April 2014 14:20, Judy Lester <jlester@btinternet.com> wrote: >> In the case of WO 97 there *is* no alternative. As a professional >>genealogist in London, I can assure you there is no physical access to >>WO 97 records at Kew. The documents have long since been archived, the >>films withdrawn from access, and everyone is forced to use FMP, whether >>professional, amateur or staff. As Caroline has said, the client will >>have to pay for the extra time taken to find the records. All the more >>reason for pressure to be put on FMP to get it right. >> >> >> Judy >> London, UK > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message