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Wrong cert give away site ??

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valerie

valerie Report 8 May 2014 14:01

I have heard that there is a free site somewhere that if you get he wrong cert you can tell people and if anyone needs the cert you can give it to them any ideas anyone

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 8 May 2014 14:10

Is this the one you mean:-

http://www.bmdshare.com/

Apparently the site is off-line for maintenance at the moment.

Kath. x

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 8 May 2014 14:29

Something you might want to consider if you don't do it already - when I buy and receive a BMD cert, I go the the FreeBMD site and add the information on the cert as a post'em to the reference for the person(s) and event concerned on the Freebmd.index.

I figure it might save someone else the need to get a cert as they don't come cheap nowadays.

Also, when you have a very common surname, you might be confronted with more than one possible cert, so if someone has added the details, it can help eliminate or confirm a particular cert reference.

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Find the entry on the index, then click on the red 'info' button next to the person's name,

On the page that comes up will be a sentence saying 'you can add a postem to this entry' and a link to do so.

You might have to be succinct in the information you can transcribe, but I find you can get all the key stuff onto a postem entry.

Just a thought :-D

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 8 May 2014 16:12

Do you know..........I didn''t know that Kucinta.

So thanks for that!

Prickles. :-)

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Kense

Kense Report 8 May 2014 19:55

The site seems to be working OK, at least for searching. The maintenance message has been there for months I think.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 8 May 2014 22:42

There's also http://www.certificate-exchange.co.uk/

Huia

Huia Report 8 May 2014 22:57

I have added postems for all the certs I have, mostly correct certs, but it could help people to eliminate that couple (marriage) if they do not know which one they want. It might also find some relatives for me! I give my email address.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.