On a resent visit to the Probate Registry I found they had moved to a quietish room on the 7th floor. Still the irksome business of emptying pockets of keys,phones anything metal in fact on entry. Exiting development they had a Willfinder data base that alleged does key word searches 1920 to present. Little notice on screen to say not 100%. I'll say so as no sign of my late father who died 1980! Then the whole set up crashed. The nice old fellow behind the counter whose been doing the orders since the Somerset house days informed me that this Database might be made available to outside use during the next year!! Why pick 1920 as a start date?? Why not 1858? Why is their database clunky and weird rather like their notorious post 1996 search engine?? They have raised the price to £6!! Oh and a notice states that For unforeseen circumstances the 1 hour production service is unavailable till further notice. Would that be their fax machine running out of ink?? Not very user friendly. Can Sog members try to put pressure via MP's for them to get their act together. Julian Duffus Sog member 1979 to present Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone