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free bmd on ancestry

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AndreaFromYorkshire

AndreaFromYorkshire Report 11 Jan 2009 19:47

Hi
I thought that ancestry did free bmds - am I wrong or is it another site?
Can anyone please advise
Many thanks
Andrea

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 11 Jan 2009 19:54

Try

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Roy

AndreaFromYorkshire

AndreaFromYorkshire Report 11 Jan 2009 20:11

Thanks Roy :)

AndreaFromYorkshire

AndreaFromYorkshire Report 12 Jan 2009 08:34

Thanks Joan - it wasn't me going mad then!
:)

Thelma

Thelma Report 12 Jan 2009 12:20

Ancestry DO have copies of Freebmd available for free.
From a guest account;
birth
Albert Samuel Chambers 1889 Apr-May-Jun Bedford Bedfordshire
death
Albert Samuel Chambers abt 1889 1889 Bedford Bedfordshire
Far easier to use than Freebmd.

Potty

Potty Report 12 Jan 2009 12:34

Can't agree with Thelma/Jim that Ancestry freebmds are easier to use than freebmd itself. I think the search facility on freebmd is far better. Also, Ancestry's freebmds are taken from freebmd, which is updated about once a month. Ancestry's updates are far later.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 12 Jan 2009 13:21

I couldn't do with Ancestry's free offering and didn't find it easy to use at all.

Free BMD has far superior search facilities and even better now that records are virtually complete up to 1930