Bengal, sincere thanks for your help with my problem but it wouldn't work so that is why I have been quiet for such a long time. However, though it didn't work you gave me the basis from which to start so if I may I will tell you how I got it to work and it might help someone else with the same problems.
I phoned JVC and asked what connector I needed to get the dig camera to record from the VCR. They said it was a 21 pin SCART with an AV connection (yellow), an S Video connection (black) and the two audio, red and white. I didn't have one as the one that was supplied with the camera was only a 6 pin hence the reason it wouldn't record. I got one from Amazon.co.uk at a very reasonable price and started again. To cut a very long story short the S Video would not work so used the AV (yellow) and the red and white and connected those to the camera's AV in. Now, according to the reviews given when I bought the camera it is supposed to act as a 'pass through' for the signal from VCR to digital camera to PC. It would not work either so this is what we did (Better half & myself). Connected the digi camera to the VCR as described above, put a tape into it and recorded the old VHS tape onto the mini tape. I must stress IT WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE PC AT THIS TIME. When it was all on the mini tape, disconnect the AV connection and then connected the firewire. Went into my video editing programme (in my case Moviemaker) and captured the film. IT WORKED!!!!!!!! YIPPPEEEEEEE. I have still to work out how to edit it but I will do that now that I can get the film successfully into the PC. I have Adobe Premiere and just couldn't understand it so sent to Amazon for the book - 'Adobe Premiere for Dummies'. Hopefully I will get to grips with it after I get the book. But I cannot thank you all enough for helping me get started I don't know how I would have done it without you all. Thank you. (No doubt I will be back soon with more questions about editing!!) Thanks again, Peg.