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From: "Barbara Stirling" <>
Subject: Re: People's Scotland a Pauper's prespective
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:34:18 +1300
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Hi Listers,

I too could never afford Scotlandspeople but have for at least 20yrs used
the Mormon Family History Centres and read their wonderful filmings.I am not
a member but a fanatical family historian!!

Nothing like the real records, reel by reel hour by hour, the things you
learn, not just family details but social history etc etc.For a lot of
countries as well.
How I would have hated just to only get the ancestors name & the one or 2
children specifically related to you.

It is a much under used fabulous facility. I enjoy wandering around with the
census enumerator, seeing where they live, how far away other families were,
what jobs they did. Often census are the only way of finding family members
because not a lot made their way into the registers for a variety of
reasons.

Dont just read up for births, deaths & marriages, census but their's so much
more you may just discover that your family show up in. Suppose it depends
on whether your just a data collector or really interested in your families
past.

If you do live within reach of these facilities "go for it".
I wouldnt do my family history today if I had o go back to the days before
the Family History Centres where I had to pay for a researcher which I
sometimes think was better than what scotlandspeople offers.

Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anand Prasad" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:28 AM
Subject: People's Scotland a Pauper's prespective


> People's Scotland costs
> The fact that Peoples Scotland is considered good
> value for money by some must be an indication of the
> amount of wealth knocking around.
> Some how I find it a little ironic that the records
> that our generally poor ancestors submitted should be
> such a source of income for the government who must be
> simply raking it in. Understandably there should be a
> charge for using the computers in Edinburgh and
> Aberdeen (the latter is free by the way) but once the
> system is running, like the telephone system, the cost
> must be very low and although some may think £6 is a
> little, I do not, and the one week time limit is
> simply outrageous.
>
> I don't expect anyone will change their minds on this
> subject but it is relative that is for sure but I
> wanted to give a paupers prespective. I simplt do not
> have the money for GROS Peoples scotland fantastic
> though it is and yes terrible that Ireland is.
> Bye the way I have heard on the grapevine that tyhe
> Canadian giovenment has been allowed access to the
> Irish records and they are rumoured to be being on
> line in a couple of years,
> Cheers,
> Prasad
>
>
> Anand Prasad, Middlewood, Roeburndale West, Lancaster, U.K. LA29LL
>
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