From: tickettyboo@mail2oops.com   
      
   On 2019-04-19 10:30:04 +0000, Peter said:   
      
   > I am attempting to research my grand-father's family of wife and seven   
   > children, all of whom are dead.   
   > I  am a newcome to family research.   
   >   
   > The cost of proving date of birth is that of £11 for a birth   
   > certificate.   
   > Is there any way of reducing or avoiding this fee?  The arithmetic with   
   > seven children is simple, but beyond my pocket.   
   >   
   > Petefj   
      
   No one seems to have mentioned LDS Family History Centres. The recent   
   (and ongoing) plan of the LDS is to digitise all their holdings, that   
   were previously on microfilm. Where the agreement with the record   
   holders permits, they are accessible by non church members (such as   
   myself) from home. Where the agreement doesn't permit that if you can   
   visit an FHC they will happily allow you to use the centres computers   
   to view the records.   
   I have visited FHCS in many different places on different continents,   
   Despite some people's perceptions I have NEVER come across any attempt   
   to convert me, on the contrary, I have just met with friendly people   
   who are happy to help.   
   https://www.familysearch.org/locations/   
   Its saved me a fortune in travelling to various archives to find what I   
   am looking for, or ordering copies of records from remote archives..   
      
   Well worth thinking about.   
   --   
   Tickettyboo   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)