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Janet

Janet Report 28 Sep 2007 10:13

Thank you Pete i will try them a little later
Hi Steph i have posted the info on here and have been given good advice by some very nice kind people but i still hit brick walls
I so want to find out about my granddad as he was an orphan and want to also find out about my dad who i dont no if he is dead or alive
I might have family i dont no about and would be wonderful if i had and could contact them

Steph

Steph Report 28 Sep 2007 09:54

Hi Janet,

What info are you looking for?
Why not put the details on here and see if someone can help.

Steph

Pete

Pete Report 28 Sep 2007 09:53

Online access to free to view information is very limited.

There are transcripts of some GRO birth marriage and death indexes on the freeBMD website. This site also has access to the images of the GRO indexes.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

A transcript of the 1881 census of England and Wales is available on the familysearch website.
http://www.familysearch.org


Some work has been done on census transcriptions on the FreeCEN website
http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Depending on where in the country you are searching there are some regional indexes of BMD. Perhaps the best way of searching for coverage of these is via the UKBMD website
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/

Always check the relevant county GENUKI webpages for details of any transcriptions which are available online.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/

That should keep you busy for a while!

Pete

Janet

Janet Report 28 Sep 2007 09:31

Does anyone know of a free site that i can go on and get amore detailed info i have tried a lot of sites but to get more info you have to pay Now i dont mind paying but a friend of mine has searched for me (as she is full paying member on a few sites) and came up with nothing so i dont want to waste money and still be hitting a brick wall
Hope you can help
Thank you Jan