Genealogy Chat

Something that I've noticed recently is that there doesn't seem to be one place to advertise your unwanted certificates. Unless I'm missing something, there appears to be just the odd thread on various message boards, which people just add to. The problem with that is that you have to trawl through lots of messages to see what's there. I'm a website developer and was wondering if I built a dedicated site for unwanted certs., which had a database so you could search for names and filter on births, marriages or deaths etc, would people find it useful? I'd be interested in people's thoughts on this.

Thanks for that - not the easiest of sites to use though, is it.

There is a new one just started up its not just for unwanted certs though, it is for peeps to enter details of all their certs - its called www*bmdshare*com

Thanks for the head up on that one.

Theres another one at http(://)ukbdm(.)corpex(.)com You have to pay a fiver for a year and 1 month but you get an extra day for every cert you put on They're also offering a free months trial at the minute again with an extra day free for every cert entered Cath

Good thinking Vicky - there are two threads on here - and possibly others - but they slip back eventually, and newcomers may not find them - I have p.m.'d you with my rather long thoughts on the matter. Anyone got an adoptee's cert. for birth name Jennifer Ann, born 22nd September 1945 in Woking Maternity Hospital. Mother lived in Bisley and was named Muriel Ethel M......t If they have, she is my full sister, and I would be grateful to know. Eileen

Yes..Yes...Yes....from the top of my voice. kathlyn

We would not only find it useful, we would love you forever!!! That would be absolutely brilliant. As has been said in a few threads recently, there are threads and sites but no easy search facility and it takes an awful long time to go through them to see if there is anything that might help you personally. If you could set up such a site, it would be a wonderful tool for all of us and definitely one to stick on our 'favourites'.

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Brilliant idea. Liz

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Definitly a briiliant idea, esp if you can search by name or area!

Just a suggestion but could they not be put on the trying to find board where you can search alphabetically.Also there was a thread on here where everyones certs had been put in some order.Will see if I can find the thread..all the work was done by the lady so perhaps she got fed up with it..Going to look now.Wanda.x

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The person who started to put them in order was Victoria Uren.Have found my message to her but cant find her thread.She called it her baby as she had done a lot of work on it.Can anyone else remember her? I joined the bmdshare site which is very good but anyone who can sort a site out and make it happen then go ahead cos your a genius! Wanda.x

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Nudge and thanks all.

Nudging, 'cos it's a good idea. Bx

There are quite a few out there its not a new idea. www*bmdshare*com is probably the newest, and I believe its still free to join at the moment. You also need to consider that you will need to obtain copyright permission from the GRO and Scotlandspeople etc to display information given in any of the certificates that they have provided, this permission would also need to be extended to RO (record offices) for any parish records.