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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	Mummy Bear	Report	21 Mar 2008 10:43
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	Has anyone used www.theoriginalrecord.com, if so please share your experiences/opinions. They seem to have a load of info but am wondering if I should part with my cash. Many thanks MB
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	Mummy Bear	Report	21 Mar 2008 12:22
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	I too had the same thought - was wondering if anyone had actually purchased from the site. MB
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 677 Send Message	FRANK06	Report	22 Mar 2008 22:11
	Hi MB, I would not touch it with a Genealogical Bargepole! I`ve traced my tree back to 1820 with several strange (foreign names) and yet a search on Original Record brought up only one match between 1000 and 1999, costing £6.00 to view while not giving any idea of the classification, i.e Birth, Marriage or Death. No dates either. Of course I do Scottish searches so maybe it is not good on Scotland although it does advertise searches in British Isles. Frank
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 519 Send Message	Clou	Report	22 Mar 2008 22:19
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 519 Send Message	My god they deffo a rip off i think! cos i typed in a surname and came up with 9 matches and to view and print it comes to 54 pounds... no way!! Clare