Genealogy Chat

Maureen Naomi has been around since Biblical times, though I think it is more subject to fashion than some others. nell

I thought that Naomi was a modern name until I started doing my tree.. One born 1862 and another born 1826 So it does go to show...Maureen

The recent ones have been on for a while. Try looking for some of your ancestors on there that were born late 1890s or early 1900s, you might find their deaths and if you are lucky it will give you their dates of births. Found some of mine on there. Maggy

Any relatively recent ones on the normal FreeBMD search on ancestry (i.e. before 1984) will be ones that people have added to FreeBMD from their own research, rather than by transcribing batches allocated to them by FreeBMD, but don't panic, it is nothing like when people add their own stuff to the IGI! It has to be what they got from the GRO indexes. For example, if somebody is doing a one-name study they can send all the entries they have extracted in. But they are not allowed to do it if they got the information from a site such as 1837 online in the first place, only if it was from the Family Records Office or another records office or something like that.

Ancestry gives Civil Registrations for Births, Marriages and Deaths 1984 to 2000

Blimey.... 115 Kevin's on the census 1851 - 1901 and 504 Kevins transcribed by FreeBMD!! Merry

Julie O'Brien I had my first child when I wasn't married to her father. They said that she would be registered in my surname and his so if she wanted to use my surname when she was older she could get a birth certificate in that name. Also told me that if we wanted to change it, hubby would have to legally adopt her. Hoy

I saw a Bianca on the 1837 BORN in 1900...wonder where Ricaaaaay was? aILEEN

My marriage would be on there if it was in this country. Thats the right sort of date

this is quite spooky! just looked for my kids and found they each have a 'doppelganger' born within a year!!! different middle names but still, it's strange to think there are 2 more boys around with the same names. And there was me thinking we had an uncommon surname! netti ;)

Jess Gary and I knew something you didn't?! Whoo hoo! I still don't know where those blinky Broad brothers got to though! nell

Gary - they say you learn something new every day.... Its a new one on me today

My children's births from the 1990s have been there for yonks. The problem is the gap between 1910 and the mid 1980s! nell

bmd from 1984-2002 have been on ther for ages suprised you have only just found them

I'm transcribing 1912 marriages at the moment. Gradually getting past the 1911 dates now.

There's one Britney on there but it was a boy born in 1876! Very forward thinking!! lol

I was looking at the normal 'upto 1910' bit though

Hi Kim, Like you say, it's mean't to be until 2000 - but my son's birth is on, registered November 2001! Helen x

Just found my children born 1987 and 1990. Spooky........! Jenny

'England and Wales Civil Birth Registration 1984 - 2000' (Its Says next to my kids names!!) Kim xx