General Chat

I'm a bit confused about what you said about freebmd this is the link

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

There is a bit at the top where you select births, marriages or deaths.
Then you add the surname followed by the first name ect then click find

Just play around with it to see what you can find unfortunatly the records only go up to the 1940s but its a start. Further back in this thread I gave instructions on how to find a spouse when you only have the one name

jax

I ignore all trees most are inacurate I have found. You need to work it out for yourself.
There are many helpful people on this site that spend hours like myself helping other people find what they are looking for or pointing them in the right direction

jax

I'd love to know where you found 2, I can only see one !

in addition to that i have found many finds inacurate. against say my finds searching say a dob over many years and seing all the records rather than someones guess or copy.
i have found hours of hard work more accurate and def more giving in information that can rule off other lesser finds.
yes i guess i preffer to search real docs that i can say i found 2 instances of a mary ann ollerton marrying a stanley richardson over a given period and deciding that one is incorrect re area that the other is more likely and then finding hopefuly matches to that tree.
brian

I lost most of my freebees when the internet went down for 10 days, but if you get stuck there are always willing helpers on board, so don't suffer , just ask !

I think you will find Brian most people would not recommend taking out the gold or platignum membership, I found out the hard way and am only a standard member now.

jax

I am backing up my files from here to ances without using my credit card and using matching details. but worry like many things like this i over stay and incur their costs.
like you are saying i have thought of using that 14 day free trial on a period when i'm not busy at work but it seems when i am off i am more busy
your so right though.
i just worry i'm gonna sign up an not learn enough in that time.
i'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks that way
brian

You may get an answer in the morning, but GR replies are normally a bit vague ! I dont recommend upgrading here.
If you want you can have a 14 day free trial on Ancestry, using the OLD search method just remember to cancel in time as you do have to register with your credit card details, to get the best out of it do it when you know you have time to stick at it.

it would probably easier to upgrade but if i don't need to i just thought the site would email me back and let me know about my question i have sent them.
or do you think they may rely on inpatient people just clicking upgrade to platimum

lindsey do you know of genes having some glitch or is it that we all need to upgrade to platinum now?
brian

Brian perhaps if you ask for a look-up on TTF board first, then armed with the answer ,see if you can find the same details to match doing it your way ,you might crack it.

On freebmd when you see this

Marriages Mar 1868 (>99%)
.Brown John Dewsbury 9b 629

click on the blue 629 then you get this

Marriages Mar 1868 (>99%)
.Alderson Elizabeth Dewsbury 9b 629
Brown John Dewsbury 9b 629
Greenwood Christiana Dewsbury 9b 629
Tomlinson Richard Dewsbury 9b 629

I do not use this site as I found it usless but I have full membership for FMP and premium on ancestry but always use freebmd for older bmd's

i know your probably trying to advice me to use a free site rather than paying but i have got nowhere tonight.
and i guess that people who use this site find it easier even though it's not free.
but i will consider using the free sites and reading between the lines from what your saying i may later because the goalposts do change on here.
brian

i did that eugene but the image came up in windows media and crashed my computer.
the other thing is i use this site trailing through birth docs 1 quarter to the next and have found it works well and paying the 36 pound per six months i dont want to try a more difficault way of searching.
but thanks for your help i will give it one more go

still asking me to upgrade
will have to give up tonight and see if it's fixed tomorrow
night. cant stay up any later.

i will try that anyone know if problem is fixed yet its not working for me ???????

Dont click on the Transcriber, just go down the page to
Scan available. Click to view
then on next page
view original document

just spent last hour trying but coming up with user witholding their details?
i will have another go and look for that blue number cheers
brian...

Brian when you get a result on free bmd click on the blue number , that will give all on that page with a possible partner.

Yes FreeBMD not easy. For births click info then down to
Scan available . Click here to view
Then down to View the original document in sometimes a choice of files to download
For marriages click on page to view possible brides.