----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Powys-Lybbe" <tim@powys.org> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [SoG] Modern PR transcriptions <snip> >The likes of 1837 online have indexes to GRO records up to the present >times. So there can be nothing wrong in princple with making such >records available. I think FreeBMD only operates its 100 year rule >because of some copyright from the GRO. GRO Scotland operate a different policy. Whilst the registers are available freely in Edinburgh, those indexes seen online have a cut off - 100 years certainly for births, I am unsure what it is for deaths. Chris