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Shelley

Shelley Report 15 Aug 2009 08:36

Hi All,

I'm looking for the site wherein you can look at the pages of the births, deaths & marriages.

I haven't looked at it for such a long while and I can't remember the site name.

Can someone please provide me with the link? Also is a site where you can look at the books for free, if not that is ok.


Shelley

Joy

Joy Report 15 Aug 2009 08:39

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers). To search the records that have so far been transcribed by FreeBMD click on the Search button below.

The recording of births, marriages and deaths was started in 1837 and is one of the most significant resources for genealogical research. The transcribing of the records is carried out by teams of dedicated volunteers and contains index information for the period 1837-1983. PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE NOT YET TRANSCRIBED THE WHOLE INDEX. A breakdown by event and year can be viewed here

Shelley

Shelley Report 15 Aug 2009 08:50

Hi Joy,

Thank you for that.

I can't find who I want on that one. There is another site where you look at the pages of the book - you have to pay each time you look at another page ( in my opinion disgusting as you could look at 10 pages and not find what you are looking for), any idea what that link is please?

Thank you,


Shelley

Joy

Joy Report 15 Aug 2009 08:54

You can subscribe to the ancestry site, with a 14 day free trial.
Or you can look at the indexes on fiche or film at main libraries or records offices.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 15 Aug 2009 09:17

Shelley, you can always tell us what you are looking for - we relish a challenge! It might also be possible to spot where you might be going wrong.
Don't forget to use the "phonetic search" option on freebmd in case of mis-transcriptions.

Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 15 Aug 2009 14:51

you can also look at the original images for pages which have not been transcribed on freebmd by using the 'view images' options from freebmd main page menu. It can take a while to find the one you want as you have to guess which actual page to look at but it is free.

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 Aug 2009 16:31

Shelley the other link was probably find my past where you look at pages where the person MIGHT be alphabetically
I spent loads of money on there before deciding Ancestry was more cost effective

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shelley

Shelley Report 16 Aug 2009 11:06

Hi all,

Sorry for the late reply, my computer went on a very go slow and then my son had it for the rest of the day! Thank you all for your replies.

Joy,

I ended up having a free trial on Ancestry thank you for pointing me in that direction.

Janet,

Thank you for your kind offer, I found what I needed in the end, it was a more recent one so it probably hasn't been transcribed as yet, but as I have now got a free trial with ancestry I'm going to try and do a bit of research on the Irish side, I can see me needing help on that one!

Shirley,

I think it was Find My Past I was thinking of now you mention it.


Shelley