I'll submit my penny's worth as well. Rather think that someone has mentioned that Ancestry supplies an email alternative. I know I have used it to email a particular piece of information which I know my co-Aussie hasn't got or seen or with which she has been 'stuck', even though she has a genie subscription. I frequently email a census selection to myself to save me writing it all down. There is such a wonderful sense of being able to share with someone who hasn't been able to find a certain entry. It has nothing to do with what it may have cost a person in particular; I see it as a kind of generosity of spirit which we should be able to exercise. It would be extremely mean and narrow-minded, plus not to mention selfish to ignore someone's asking for assistance, especially from a member of that same list who has been able to find it. I make mention of certain gentlemen on this list who, with their far greater experience than mine, have sent me all different kinds of information about which I've enquired politely, never in a "begging" fashion. Add to that the fact that as an Aussie who has never had the doubtless pleasure of indulging myself in an overseas trip just for research, I am extremely unacquainted with, for instance, West Yorkshire from where my husband's ancestors come but have a subscription to ancestry to enable me to research them. As a matter of fact, perhaps this 'discussion' would not have arisen had we all replied privately to the questioning person's private email instead of to the list and sent our 'thank yous' to X, Y and Z in a similar fashion. I have just noticed Roy Stockdill trying to justify his point yet again. I feel quite certain that Ancestry would never take anyone to court for 12p ! They wouldn't waste their time or money!! Methinks he doth protest too much. It would take away from the GBPs in his own pocket if there were people who couldn't ask the list for assistance and had to employ a professional researcher. Eheu!! After all, 10 years is a long time for not reviewing his Newbies' assistance and he pleads lack of time. Rather a pathetic excuse IMHO. Carolyn Wilson in Australia.