Hi All
I have just started a petition to get Gwent records office to abolish this
ridiculous new charge they have introduced, on the use of personal cameras.
http://www.petitiononline.com/brychan/petition.html I have also contacted
all the M.P's & A.M's for Gwent who have assured me they would look in to
the matter and have also asked for a copy of the minutes of the meeting
where the decision was made.
I have also found out that 1 if not 2 representatives of the Gwent family
history society was at this meeting, one being Mr Geoff Riggs, so as family
historians and past, present and potential members of the society we would
like to know what their postion was about this charge.
Using your camera at a public records office is the same as writing the
information down on a notepad, new technology is to be welcomed especially
when it makes life a lot more easier, for myself I have been able to
photograph the parish records, take them home and then share the work of
transcribing them with other family researchers. All these transcriptions
can be found free on my website
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/myfamily-history.htm So
why charge someone for using their camera, you would not charge them for
using a pencil, also will they bring in a charge for using laptops.
If you live in Gwent or even outside contact local M.Ps & A.M's and express
your concern about this unfair charge. Contact Jessica Morden M.P
mordenj(a)parliament.uk or Anthony Jermyn JERMYNA(a)parliament.uk her case
worker who are looking in to the matter on my behalf.
Mike John
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