I would like to look up records of my great-grandfather's relatives in Canada and their decendants which means finding BMD records outside the period covered by, say, Ancestry on-line. I need to get as far as the late 1950s at least. Other than going to a public record office or library with microfilm copies in Canada there seems to be no other way of getting this information. A Google search brings up several US based organisations that claim to be able to access public records, legally and confidentially, for a remarkably low fee. I tried the "sampler" on one such web-site (OnlinePublicRecordsSearch.com) and the search engine produced a report saying that some considerable amount of records information was available ... but naturally I would have to pay the subscription to see it. Actually I would have been happy to know his address at the time of his death and where he was buried but anything else, such as the date of his divorce, would have been interesting. Has anyone on the list ever used such a service? If so were the results worth having and were there any unforseen problems? Cheers, Bruce D

>From my experience with trying to get records from Canada that are not online. This site has the best info http://genealogy.about.Com/library/blvitalca.htm The only ones that I have needed and received so far are from Alberta and I had to go through a registry contact and Alberta is very safety conscious about releasing BMD. Unless you are a very close relative records will not be sent unless it has been more than 100 years since birth, 50 years since death and 75 years for a marriage. They cost $20 USD. I personally would stay away from those places that say they can get any record. You will find that you will pay for the subscription then you pay more (usually about double) to get the same records you could have got through a registry contact. Save the subscription fee and deal directly with the provincial government contacts. You could also try RAOGK link listed below. They have volunteers world wide. Kathie In Montana    Cascade County Volunteer for: Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness http://WWW.raogk.org/

On 5/2/09 11:58, "Bruce Dorward" <personal@dorrit41jbd.bbmax.co.uk> wrote: > Actually I would have been happy to know his address at the time of his death > and where he was buried but anything else, such as the date of his divorce, > would have been interesting. Address at time of death informant and cause of death are al on a UK Death Cert .. Get this from the ONS online for £7 (pounds) including postage! With address you can contact the local Cemetery records (Bereavement service) at the Council Robin -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland

Hello Bruce, I would recommend that you try to find your info on your own by writing to the government agencies responsible for the registration of Vital records, before paying money to a search agency. They probably won't have any better luck than you at getting info. If you are unsure where to start first, I would recommend having a look at the Canada GenWeb site. From there you can find a link to all provincial GenWebs. Most of the provinces have email lists just like this one, who may point you in directions other than Government agencies. We are usually pretty helpful folk as well-:) We may be able to find links to obituaries or online cemetery sites etc. A google search should give you some places to start. May I ask what part of Canada you are interested in, and about what time frame? Please feel free to contact me off list if you wish at caro@sasktel.net Heather SK Canada Bruce Dorward wrote: > I would like to look up records of my great-grandfather's relatives in Canada and their decendants which means finding BMD records outside the period covered by, say, Ancestry on-line. I need to get as far as the late 1950s at least. Other than going to a public record office or library with microfilm copies in Canada there seems to be no other way of getting this information. > > A Google search brings up several US based organisations that claim to be able to access public records, legally and confidentially, for a remarkably low fee. I tried the "sampler" on one such web-site (OnlinePublicRecordsSearch.com) and the search engine produced a report saying that some considerable amount of records information was available ... but naturally I would have to pay the subscription to see it. Actually I would have been happy to know his address at the time of his death and where he was buried but anything else, such as the date of his divorce, would have been interesting. > > Has anyone on the list ever used such a service? If so were the results worth having and were there any unforseen problems? > > Cheers, > Bruce D > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >