Genealogy Chat

Thanks to Sarah for posting up her query about it, or I wouldn't have known. They have added various databases such as Phillimore's Parish Records, and it appears to have the GRO overseas indexes for FREE! Or at least some of them. Please add to this thread if you figure anything out about what is there! Kate.

... and especially if you can crack how to get into the overseas indexes. I keep clicking on things and just getting a list of which indexes are available. Perhaps it is like when they first 'launched' their site all over again. Kate.

I just realised that I am going to have to log on to be allowed to search the 'free' indexes. But every time I try to log on I just get 'Application Unavailable', so I am giving up for now. Definitely reminds me of when they first launched their site. But when it is working it should be great to have the overseas indexes available free. Kate.

The overseas stuff is all fairly recent (but free, but you have to buy some units first!!!) Search Overseas Records Passengers who arrived at the port of New York during the Irish famine 1846-1851 GRO Births Abroad Indices 1966-1978 GRO Marriages Abroad 1966-1994 GRO Deaths Abroad Indices 1966-1994 And much more And this is free too: Search United States Records Social Security Death Index POW during the Korean war 1950-1953 Army War Dead & wounded Korean War 1950-1953 WWII Army Enlistment 1938-1946 WWII POW 1941-1946 These are not free: Search Military Records WWI - Royal Navy 1914-1918 WWI - Army 1914-1918 Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-1921 WWII - Royal Air Force 1939-1948 WWII - Royal Navy 1939-1948 WWII - Army 1939-1948 Search Parish Records 1546-1837 Parish records - Over 1500 parishes 1546-1837 and this is what they've had for ages: Search bMD 1837-2004 Births 1837-2004 Marriages 1837-2004 Deaths 1837-2004 I'm going to have a look at the PR's........(hope you don't mind me putting this on your thread, Kate??) Merry

kate, Just found my Great grandfather listed in army deaths for 1918. He only showed up on the surname search with all the other BEVAN entries. If I added his forename (Hiram) I got no results. Strange. Pete

Right, well only 24 couties have any records at all, and I totted up the first three couties on the list, and they only have around 100 parishes between them. There are only two parishes in Yorkshire covered (It won't let you copy and paste, otherwise I would have posted the lists). You can search by name and parish or name any county and restrict the years and things like that, but I don't see a facility for Soundex, though you may be about to leave of the end of a name, like Park% for Parker or Parkinson (note on FR you use the % and not the *). So, useful if they have what you are looking for!! Merry

Nothing in Parish registers for Norfolk

Well you learn something new every day. Thanks for your comment Merry - didn´t know the % sign was used for a wildcard search on FR.

Ah! WILDCARD...that's the word I was struggling for! LOL Merry

I have just been looking through the overseas indexes, and I am very impressed indeed. The pages load really quickly, don't they? And I didn't buy any credits, just logged in. Now if only it had been working earlier on, I could have spent the afternoon looking through them! As it is, I have to go and get the kids now... Kate.