Comments on: Independent review calls for better access to public sector information http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Becky http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-91509 Becky Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:31:18 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-91509 Hi Don You might be interested in the award-winning website FreeBMD: "FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records." It lives at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Hi Don

You might be interested in the award-winning website FreeBMD:

“FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.”

It lives at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

]]> By: Don Williams http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-91507 Don Williams Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:19:02 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-91507 Access to public information? Like births, deaths and marriages? I wanted to begin research into my family history and found I needed expensive "vouchers" so to do. OK. Ten pounds poorer and with no improvement in my knowledge of publicly-recorded data on my family I gave up. I'm too poor to play this game of enriching yet another money-grubbers' "agency". Debarring me financially from access to history? No wonder Thatcher and her kids are still grinning ... Don Williams Access to public information? Like births, deaths and marriages? I wanted to begin research into my family history and found I needed expensive “vouchers” so to do. OK.
Ten pounds poorer and with no improvement in my knowledge of publicly-recorded data on my family I gave up. I’m too poor to play this game of enriching yet another money-grubbers’ “agency”.
Debarring me financially from access to history? No wonder Thatcher and her kids are still grinning …
Don Williams

]]> By: Tom Steinberg http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-68401 Tom Steinberg Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:55:52 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-68401 Sorry, had no access to the Internet this morning: http://steiny.typepad.com/premise/2007/06/the_power_of_in.html ta ta, Tom Sorry, had no access to the Internet this morning:

http://steiny.typepad.com/premise/2007/06/the_power_of_in.html

ta ta,

Tom

]]> By: Frankie Roberto http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-68380 Frankie Roberto Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:47:54 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/06/07/independent-review-calls-for-better-access-to-public-sector-information/#comment-68380 Link? Link?

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