Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Confused about freeBMD!

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Valice in

Valice in Report 13 Jun 2004 22:15

No idea how transcriptios are issued, I get them all over the place, not issued in any sensible order as far as i can see. Val

Linda & Tim

Linda & Tim Report 13 Jun 2004 16:06

Terri You have my sympathy! I can't find Joseph's birth anywhere - he doesn't seem have existed prior to his marriage. And I only know about William because of his name appearing of Joseph's marriage certificate. Am having trouble tracking him down on any censuses(?) there are a couple of possibles but I'm not which one, if either, are him... These Duttons are an elusive lot!!

Judith

Judith Report 13 Jun 2004 08:42

There are over 700 Dutton births in London between 1837 and 1910 listed on FreeBMD. Although early censuses refer to London as being in Middlesex, Surrey etc the London registration districts are listed under the London heading not Middlesex.

Smiley

Smiley Report 13 Jun 2004 01:39

Hi When FreeBMD asked for transcribers I think I read that you can request specific surnames to enter, maybe even dates too, so I'm not sure if you could request Dutton deaths for instance. Click on "info" at the end of one of the entries, sometimes the transcriber can be contacted, maybe they could shed some light on this. There a entries dotted all over the place, even the 60's 70's & 80's. I entered the christian name JODIE to see how early that is mentioned, I was surprised to see entries for '77 '78 '80 '81 & '82.

Linda & Tim

Linda & Tim Report 13 Jun 2004 00:45

I've done some transcribing for freeBMD and know that the data being transcribed is of a particular type (ie. births, deaths or marriages) and alphabetical by date. It isn't geographic. I'm therefore confused about some of the entries... I've spent months searching for the birth of my great grandfather and great great grandfather. All I know is their names: Joseph DUTTON (born c.1856 in London, Middlesex) and William DUTTON (born c. 1832 – no idea where but I assume either Middlesex or Kent). Having searched for ‘All Types’ of DUTTON, in Middlesex on freeBMD there are only 3 births listed, 0 marriages – but 38 deaths! Does this just mean that only a few of the ‘D’ births and marriages have been transcribed? I’m not sure how they allocate the work out to the syndicates, but this seems a bit odd to me. Am I missing something obvious?

Linda & Tim

Linda & Tim Report 13 Jun 2004 00:45

Please see below...