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the original record - your opinions

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Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 21 Mar 2008 10:43

Has anyone used www.theoriginalrecord.com, if so please share your experiences/opinions. They seem to have a load of info but am wondering if I should part with my cash.

Many thanks
MB

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 21 Mar 2008 12:22

I too had the same thought - was wondering if anyone had actually purchased from the site.

MB

FRANK06

FRANK06 Report 22 Mar 2008 22:11

Hi MB,

I would not touch it with a Genealogical Bargepole!
I`ve traced my tree back to 1820 with several strange (foreign names) and yet a search on Original Record brought up only one match between 1000 and 1999, costing £6.00 to view while not giving any idea of the classification, i.e Birth, Marriage or Death.
No dates either.
Of course I do Scottish searches so maybe it is not good on Scotland although it does advertise searches in British Isles.

Frank

Clou

Clou Report 22 Mar 2008 22:19

My god they deffo a rip off i think! cos i typed in a surname and came up with 9 matches and to view and print it comes to 54 pounds... no way!!

Clare