Downloading Parish Records Online Image

[aldgate]

Hi - newbie here. I've been doing ancestry/find my past at the local library for over a year now and was wondering is there a way to download complete parish record images of one parish in one go (eg 1538-1914) either from a society or ancestry/find my past.
At the moment I have gone as far as I can with the family tree and so I am now just downloading parish register images at the rate of about 7 a minute and then going through checking surnames. For those of you who have put up parish transciptions many, many, many thanks but you can't beat the real thing.
I'm doing a few Somerset parishes at the moment but the thing is if someone has done this before it seems a bit of a waste. I realise the copyright laws but if say there are up to 50 000 parishes in Britain and Ireland rthen if a few 1000 of us can do a few each then that would help.

Thanks in advance. I've booked a week holiday in Somerset this spring to check graves so you know I've caught the bug - Yours Aldgate.

[KGarrad]

 

Have you read the Terms and Conditions of Ancestry and FindMyPast?

E.G. FindMyPast:
You may use Credits or a Subscription on the Site for your own personal use, for example to research your family history. You may also assist friends and family with their family history by telling people about the Records available on the Site and how and where they can be found.

The library you use may also impose their own Ts & Cs - have you checked?

It is entirely possible that the library you use may have their access to Ancestry and FindMyPast terminated  by your breaking of these Ts & Cs?

[JamesHS]

Hi - newbie here. I've been doing ancestry/find my past at the local library for over a year now and was wondering is there a way to download complete parish record images of one parish in one go (eg 1538-1914) either from a society or ancestry/find my past.
At the moment I have gone as far as I can with the family tree and so I am now just downloading parish register images at the rate of about 7 a minute and then going through checking surnames. For those of you who have put up parish transciptions many, many, many thanks but you can't beat the real thing.
I'm doing a few Somerset parishes at the moment but the thing is if someone has done this before it seems a bit of a waste. I realise the copyright laws but if say there are up to 50 000 parishes in Britain and Ireland rthen if a few 1000 of us can do a few each then that would help.

Thanks in advance. I've booked a week holiday in Somerset this spring to check graves so you know I've caught the bug - Yours Aldgate.

What you're proposing seems to be what has already been started by organisations such as FreeReg, part of the  Free UK Genealogy Charity.

Rather than re-invent the wheel and go over the same ground that others have already covered, why not offer your services as a volunteer transcriber?