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   Geoff to Graeme Wall   
   Re: Scanned parish records   
   26 Apr 22 12:57:13   
   
   From: onlyme101@btinternet.com   
      
   Graeme Wall wrote:   
      
   > On 26/04/2022 10:38, Geoff wrote:   
   > > Do each of the large organizations (Ancestry, FMP,  FamilySearch   
   > > etc) do their own scanning or are they all drawn from a common   
   > > source?  I'm talking about the actual physical scanning, not the   
   > > transcriptions.  Might a piece of a record that is damaged or   
   > > missing, possibly be better from another source?   
   >   
   > AIUI the scanning process was supervised by the NRO and the copies   
   > licenced to the various companies.   
   >   
   >   
   > As there is only one original of each record, if it is damaged  on   
   > one, it won't be any better elsewhere.   
      
   Many thanks.   
   That saved me a lot of searching. It will have to remain a missing   
   piece of a jigsaw!   
   Geoff.   
      
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