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Ancestry Free BMD
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:07 |
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Georgina, Yes I knew I could still use the FreeBMD site - what I am talking about is the change of presentation of the FreeBMD index on Ancestry. |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:06 |
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The ''spouse's surname'' box on the Ancestry FreeBMD only seems to work for post-1911 marriages (i.e. when the spouse's surname was actually listed in the index). It's not the same as the spouse name search on the old FreeBMD site, which enables you to find pre-1912 marriages where the two names searched occur on the same page. Therefore, you'll still need to use the old freeBMD site for those searches! Richard |
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Georgina | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:06 |
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Elaine I got that info from freeBMD. Georgina. |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:05 |
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Its not all bad news - have you been into the Ancestry FreeBMD death indexes - now gives you the approx year of birth on the initial page - so you don´t have to look at each record individually to find how hold they were when they died. |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:04 |
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Georgina - did you get that from Ancestry ???? - or from freebmd.rootsweb(.)com |
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Georgina | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:01 |
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Elaine it seems to be working fine... Marriages Jun 1903 Biddulph Albert Leek 6b 492 Bowyer Leah Leek 6b 492 HAMMOND William Leek 6b 492 Lea Annie Leek 6b 492 Georgina. |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 08:00 |
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Found something about it on General Board - seems it is a general problem and not just me !!! Hope they get it sorted soon - I know you can do the same searches on the Free BMD site but I find that so slow. |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:57 |
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Thanks Jess - wondered if anyone else had seen it - have had a quick look for his thread but can´t see it - if you can find it could you nudge it. Have just been back into the Free BMD marriages on Ancestry and it appears y can´t view ANY of the records - so not worth using at the moment. |
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Right said Fred | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:56 |
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Mine's working fine |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:55 |
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Gary highlighted something about this last night |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:51 |
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Something not right with this new format. I looked up a marriage yesterday on FreeBMD Ancestry - and I know it was there. Marriage was Albert Biddulph - married 1903 Leek, Staffs. Yesterday I could click on the record and see that his wife was Annie Lea - which I know to be correct. Today if I do the same search Albert comes up - but I can´t click on the record to see the wife´s name. |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:49 |
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That's always been a facility on FreeBMD itself, but I haven't seen it on Ancestry before. An excellent idea! Christine |
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Elaine | Report | 9 Mar 2006 07:45 |
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Have I missed something here or have they upgraded ??? - Initial page different and you can now put in spouses name on marriage searches. |
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