Hi All, Regarding postings re visits to the SRO. I am over in the UK from Australia at present having a short visit to friends in Staffordshire (my home County). I was fortunate to be able to have a day at the Staffordshire Record Office last Friday. Incidentally it is like getting into Fort Knox since my last visit in 2000. It was possibly more complicated for me being an ex pat, but you do need means of identification , photograph and address and also a utilities bill. Obviously I didn't have the latter but passport, drivers licence and pension card sufficed. When I asked about printing I was told that for the sum of 6.50 pounds I could photograph everything I needed to copy. I did photograph documents, microfilm and microfiche and they all came out well. No flash by the way but OK if you read the documents near the windows. Unfortunately I didn't find the baptism of my biggest brick wall my Great Grandmother Anne Baker who over the past 23 years I have mentioned on the list from time to time. No bags allowed of course so everything you need has to go into pockets. Happy and successful hunting Steve on your visit this week. Regards to all, Margaret Felthouse nee Bennett.

Hello Margaret Can you give any more details of your great grandmother to help others to search on your behalf? Best wishes Sylvia -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of margaret felthouse Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:45 AM To: STAFFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] STAFFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE Snip - Unfortunately I didn't find the baptism of my biggest brick wall my Great Grandmother Anne Baker who over the past 23 years I have mentioned on the list from time to time. Margaret Felthouse nee Bennett.

Hi Margaret, Thanks for the information. Access like Fort Knox will probably not be as much hassle as the form filling required by Northumberland records to get copies, which is, just a bit, OTT. So far I have been to Northumberland, Durham, Essex, Cornwall, together with a couple of family history societies and they all have different requirements and systems for getting copies. Hence I always ask first. Cheers Steve On 06/08/2012 09:45, margaret felthouse wrote: > Hi All, > > Regarding postings re visits to the SRO. I am over in the UK from > Australia at present having a short visit to friends in Staffordshire (my > home County). I was fortunate to be able to have a day at the Staffordshire > Record Office last Friday. Incidentally it is like getting into Fort Knox > since my last visit in 2000. It was possibly more complicated for me being > an ex pat, but you do need means of identification , photograph and address > and also a utilities bill. Obviously I didn't have the latter but passport, > drivers licence and pension card sufficed. > > When I asked about printing I was told that for the sum of 6.50 pounds I > could photograph everything I needed to copy. > > I did photograph documents, microfilm and microfiche and they all came out > well. No flash by the way but OK if you read the documents near the > windows. > > Unfortunately I didn't find the baptism of my biggest brick wall my Great > Grandmother Anne Baker who over the past 23 years I have mentioned on the > list from time to time. > > No bags allowed of course so everything you need has to go into pockets. > > Happy and successful hunting Steve on your visit this week. > > Regards to all, > > Margaret Felthouse nee Bennett. > > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >