« Reply #10 on: Monday 10 July 17 21:51 BST (UK) »
There is no way the archivist is going to go out of his way to get the records online - he is too busy coping with cuts on cuts, laying off staff, and still trying to get the day job done.
Quite possibly but from what I've seen the Records Offices/Archives have issued "tenders" for the digitisation to attract interest, something that with public sector rules would need to be done, or made approaches themselves. If he is indeed waiting for someone to approach them, than we will most likely be waiting a long time if ever. In any case, it wouldn't be the Archivist that would do this, but more likely someone else with the council responsible for this however I would imagine it would need to be started internally by the Archivist.
I think I'm right that Berks FHS have only recently updated their burials CD - not their baptisms or marriages, all of which I believe are already available in transcription form on FindMyPast. So, I wonder what FindMyPast will be presenting to us this summer, if not any digitised PRs?
As has been discussed on other threads on RC, I think you'll find it will be more of the same from the FHS but only time will tell.
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