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From: Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <>
Subject: Re: [SOG] Re: 1901 Census
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:18:51 +0000


In message <009101bf4a66$1ab125c0$>, Simon Fowler
<> writes
>Speaking as an ex-member of staff I really should stand up for the PRO.
>The 1901 digitisation project is an extra facility for remote users. After
>all, so far as I understand it, you will still be able to go to the FRC to
>look at the films for free. You pays your money and takes your choice...
>
Sadly Simon, you've misunderstood what your former colleagues are
proposing. If anyone wants to go and look at the microform facsimiles of
the CEB pages here is what they are proposing.

1) There will be a single microform copy of the 1901 census CEB pages at
the PRO at Kew that will be available for public scrutiny (free).

2) There will be no microform copies available at the FRC. Instead they
will put in 50 'terminals' where you will be able to get charged access
to the online version exactly as if you were using the Internet from
home. (Presumably the space for these terminals will involve sacrificing
around 50 of the present fiche readers?) This question has been put to
the PRO but they haven't answered it yet.

3) The PRO will sell copies to the CROs and Local Studies Libraries in
Great Britain, but *only* their local area. If someone in Cornwall wants
to look at Northumberland from Truro, then tough.

4) The PRO has no plans to sell microform copies of the 1901 census CEB
pages to any other organisations

--
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

Drake Software web site: http://www.tdrake.demon.co.u

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