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Thanks Vance I will definitely have a look at that.
Cheers
Jackie

Hi there,
Just a quick update from me
I applied for my uncles service record via the MOD just before the cut off date just in case the records were still with them. Unfortunately it appeared that they had already been moved to Kew but the MOD gave me a reference number which I then used to apply for them to Kew. After an initial email from them I received a rather badly cut and pasted email from them today. I copy the relevant info below ( the sentence in bold is my addition)
 
Thank you for your patience with your Freedom of Information request into the service records of APV000630459 I.W.H. HOWLETT Service Number:2326973.

We have reviewed this record and are unable to open it because information within this record is exempt under Section 41 of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 until 20XX.
This means we cannot make the record make the record open to you or to the public in general.

The FOI Act gives you the right to know whether we hold the information you want and to have it communicated to you, subject to any exemptions which may apply.
 
The record has been closed until 115 years have passed since the serviceman’s date of birth, or 25 years after the serviceman has been deceased (if proof of death has been received by this department.) Please be aware that any death certificates sent to the Ministry of Defence are not available to The National Archives (TNA).
 
It seems from this that I can apply again next year when my uncle would have been deceased for 25 years rather than having to wait the full 115 years from birth.

It goes on to say
A significant proportion of this record contains medical information. TNA has decided that a partial release of this record (the release of material which is not medical) would require a redaction process that would be neither in the best interests of the record’s preservation, nor the public right to the remaining information.

Maybe I am being cynical but I somehow doubt that a significant proportion of the record is medical information and one wonders if this is just a blanket excuse which is going to be trotted out by them to avoid doing the work. I also wonder what if anything Ancestry are going to be able to scan in the interim if these rules apply to their new acquisitions

I have borrowed a slide scanner which does batches of slides and I wonder what sort of dpi size I should go for to get a reasonable image? The manual that comes with it is more than slightly confusing to me . Most are holiday photos taken in the 60's and I was planning on scanning to jpg initially and then if I come across one I really want to keep scanning that one as a Tif version.
Can anyone give me any tips please?
Many thanks
Jackie

Quote from: maddys52 on Friday 05 August 22 10:34 BST (UK)

Quote from: decor on Thursday 04 August 22 14:56 BST (UK)

Of particular interest to me in the 1851 census, when they have the following servant with them:
Fanny Bradford (or Bradfield, it's hard to read), aged 43 born in Henly on Thames.

Not sure if it was just a heat induced typo, but to me Fanny's age looks like 13 on the 1851 census. 

I think it's my eyes! I had another look and can see it's clearly 13 now!

Isn't this Fanny Bradfield born Henley in the 51 Census the same as Frances Ellen Bradfield baptised in Wonersh daughter of Alfred Bradfield?

Certainly in Oxforshire its free. I work in one of the libraries and helped a chap access it yesterday