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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2010 01:40

BUT


you will still not be able to see the details of the certificates.


What you see is the birth/marriage/death registration, shown as quarters of the year, and registration district.


THEN you have to buy the actual certificate in order to see the details.



The actual information is simply not available on the web for English and Welsh bmds.





ps ............ freebmd currently goes up to about 1835/40, although volunteers are working hard to get the information uploaded up until 1983, when the records were first entered on the computer.


The later records are available on ancestry.co.uk, which is a subscription site.





To be honest ..................... the Gold membership on here is rather useless!





sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 2 Mar 2010 23:59

Happycrafter

Use the bmd site posted by Jan. It only goes up to the mid 1940s (somebody will tell me if I am wrong) but otherwise it is good, easy to search and free.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 2 Mar 2010 23:06

Are you a Gold member on this site?

If you search BMD on this site you get an open book image

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 2 Mar 2010 22:58

HI there! Intrigued by this - what is the open book icon? Have searched a lot on freebmd but have never seen this!
Maybe you are searching on Genes site? Don't do this, go here for BMD's 1837-1930's:

www.freebmd.org.uk

Jan

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

happycrafter

happycrafter Report 2 Mar 2010 21:58

Hi Mary

Thanks

It's when i am searching the BMD records, i get a list of all possibilites and click on the open book icon to view, this is where i get a blank page, does this mean i need to pay for those as i have already paid for unlimited credits.

happycrafter

Contrary Mary

Contrary Mary Report 2 Mar 2010 21:50


Hi Happycrafter

Welcome and good luck with your research.

What records are you trying to view? You can see the actual census images but for births, deaths and marriages you will only be able to see the indexes, not actual certificates. These have to be purchased.

Mary

happycrafter

happycrafter Report 2 Mar 2010 21:46

Hi
I am very new to this and I am having problems viewing any records on my relatives details, does anyone have any ideas or tips??? I as am really struggling.

Thanks
happycrafter