<<snipped>> 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. <<snipped>> The census is a jewel with a national market. Workhouse records from (say) Manchester have a strictly limited market. If only company A wishes to digitise them, what is to happen? Suppose company A also reckons it's too much of a risk to digitise them unless it has a period of exclusive access. What then? Remember, even the 1911 and 1901 censuses were only available through one site for a certain time period. We have to deal with realities. Remember even FamilySearch is doing this for a reason that is not altruism. Adrian Bruce