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Lynda

Lynda Report 15 Jun 2004 17:57

I must admit I do get a little confused with Free BMD, the BMD index and the 1837 online??? I happen to see the info on the BMD index on the GR newsletter, I think it's £5 for 3 months and about £14 a year. I wondered if anyone else subscribed to it finds it any use, I am a bit wary about joining yet as it does not look like there is much info on it yet between 1837 and 1984. Lynda

Unknown

Unknown Report 15 Jun 2004 19:10

I don't know which newsletter you mean, but it can't have all the bmds in it each issue! FreeBMD isn't yet complete - there are years, and places, for which there are no entries, but some coverage is good. It depends what you are searching for, where and when! At the moment it doesn't have much for 20th century. 1837online is more complete and certainly has 20th century; its drawbacks are its cost and the fact that you can only search for the first 3 initials. If you have a surname to research like Gray, there are pages of GRA to go through. Luckily I live near London and can go and look at the book indexes which may have errors and omissions, but are as complete as you can find anywhere. helen

Suzy

Suzy Report 15 Jun 2004 19:34

You don't have to go to the FRC in London to obtain free access to the BMD indexes. Most large libraries have all the info. on microfiche.

Twinkle

Twinkle Report 15 Jun 2004 19:46

I think the BMD index is quite new, and you may be right in that it does not contain much 20th century information. Even so, it will probably still work out cheaper than 1837online. As I haven't used the BMD index I can't recommend it or not. But I can't imagine they would make it more difficult to use than 1837 has made their site.

Unknown

Unknown Report 15 Jun 2004 19:49

What is this BMD INdex?