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Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 5 Send Message	GenePool999	Report	1 Oct 2010 11:34
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 5 Send Message	Some one has mentioned to me that there was a very informative article within the last few months about how the GRO indexes are / were compiled and 'verified'. Can anyone give me information of which publication / website where this was please ?
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	Dennis	Report	1 Oct 2010 17:18
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 18 Send Message	Hi, I don't know if this is any help, but I was browsing a magazine in Smith's, as you do, and noticed an article on how to use FreeBMD. This seemed give a lot of info about the indexes, a lot of which can be found on freebmd it'self. The magazine was the October issue of Family Tree. best of luck dennis
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 4,268 Send Message	RutlandBelle	Report	1 Oct 2010 18:56
	see if your library has this : A COMEDY OF ERRORS The story of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales in the 1800s, by Michael Whitfield Foster . I bought it, it cost £7 and it is fascinating. If you google it and the author there is probably some of it on line
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