For anyone who might find this of interest, I have recently enquired of the London Metropolitan Archives as to whether, under the Freedom of Information Act, the 100 year rule still applies. I sent details of the person in which I was interested, and the very helpful staff informed me that, as long as I could prove the person in question was really dead (death certificate forwarded post-haste) they would check the records for me. I wouldn't have been able to look at some of the records myself as one lot went up to 1946 and some of the people mentioned could, conceivably, have still been alive. This meant that I had to pay LMA research fees but this was no problem as it would have cost me more to get there from Scotland, anyway. I received everything I wanted, complete with photographs, full face and side view, of my grandfather. Treasure indeed, as far as I am concerned! Sheila Murray Ayr, Scotland

"Sheila Murray" <SheilaMurray@mtcharlesayr.fsnet.co.uk> wrote : > For anyone who might find this of interest, I have recently enquired of > the London Metropolitan Archives as to whether, under the Freedom of > Information Act, the 100 year rule still applies. <snip> While what followed was useful to know, I don't think the FoIA actually has anything to do with such records. FoIA applies to Government, local Government etc administraive records but not to records involving strictly personal information. Or am I wrong ? :-) John B Leic., Eng

John Brown wrote: > "Sheila Murray" <SheilaMurray@mtcharlesayr.fsnet.co.uk> wrote : > > >> For anyone who might find this of interest, I have recently enquired >> of the London Metropolitan Archives as to whether, under the Freedom >> of Information Act, the 100 year rule still applies. > > <snip> > > While what followed was useful to know, I don't think the FoIA > actually has anything to do with such records. FoIA applies to > Government, local Government etc administraive records but not to > records involving strictly personal information. Or am I wrong ? :-) > > John B > Leic., Eng You are right, of course, but it seems to have made a difference to Hospital Records, too - at least those stored at the London Metropolitan Archives! Sheila Murray Ayr > > > >

Sheila Murray wrote: > some of the records ... went up to 1946 and some of the > people mentioned could, conceivably, have still been alive. Well yes, Sheila...just conceivably. David Wason b. Aberdeen. 1946