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** LMA VISITS UPDATE 9.8.08. **
« on: Wednesday 16 April 08 09:44 BST (UK) »
Hi Rootschatters

As you are aware, I have been visiting the London Metropolitan Archives and on alternate weeks the Westminster City Archives.

Most of the older look-ups that I still have to do, need a time-consuming search as specific dates have not been given or they are look-ups in institution records, many of which have not been microfilmed. These institution look-ups involve a 20 minute wait while the books are ordered for the reading room. Many are not indexed and searching through them day by day, month by month, year by year again is time consuming. Then there is the task of transcribing. I would say on average this type of look-up takes at least half an hour once the books get to the reading room, then there's the disappointment of not finding what you are looking for and having to start all over again.

But it is now August and the school summer holidays are upon us.

As patient as my 10yr old daughter is, I don't think a day at the archives looking at a film reader is much of a day trip for her Grin

(I did take her to the FRC to look at her birth entry in the index on one occasion)

So my activities are on hold until she goes back to school in September. My next visits are planned for week commencing 8th September.

Please be assured that if I have acknowledged your look-up, it will get done. Some of you may appear to be luckier than others and your look-ups are being answered promptly, this is most probably due to more information or specific dates being available to me in your requests.

If you do have an unanswered look-up request and I have not contacted you, please send me a pm with the thread URL found at the top of your screen or reply to your thread so it moves to the top of the list.

Dawn
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Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea
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