Good Morning Please tell me how to get on to these Free web sites. I went to Ancestry.com and they wanted $69.00 for membership. I was looking for info on my father and his dad. Stanley Bernard Clarke, born 22nd July 1885 at Rose Cottage, Kirby Street, Bromley. I always thought it was Poplar. His father Henry Clarke, a ship builder, came from Cork, Ireland, and married Jemmima Freebourne. Not sure but I think there were four boys and one girl. Owen Clarke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Salter" <ps015p6402@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:52 AM Subject: [BDF] BMD 1837-1983 > Ancestry.co.uk have just added the complete GRO BMD indexes 18237-1983 to > their website in addition to the freeBMD index. > Patti > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving > the messages > individually or want them individually) > > or > > Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a > digest of multiple > messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. > >

Owen, Ancestry.com is not usually free however if they are offering free for you to look up.. you hand over your credit card details - no charge -. and then if you go off looking at anything else you should not look at then they start to deduct from your account for a membership fee. I am a member (after getting caught out looking at all sorts of goodies that they have on offer) and it has been very worthwhile for me to do so - Mind you I did have to ring them up and get them to cancel American. search facilities that they had really over charged me for.. so it was a bit of a hassle.. All I needed is the UK membership which is a lot cheaper. Cheers Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owen" <oclarke4@comcast.net> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] BMD 1837-1983 > Good Morning > Please tell me how to get on to these Free web sites. I went to > Ancestry.com and they wanted $69.00 for membership. > I was looking for info on my father and his dad. > Stanley Bernard Clarke, born 22nd July 1885 at Rose Cottage, Kirby Street, > Bromley. I always thought it was Poplar. His father Henry Clarke, a ship > builder, came from Cork, Ireland, and married Jemmima Freebourne. Not sure > but I think there were four boys and one girl. > Owen Clarke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Salter" <ps015p6402@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:52 AM > Subject: [BDF] BMD 1837-1983 > > >> Ancestry.co.uk have just added the complete GRO BMD indexes 18237-1983 to >> their website in addition to the freeBMD index. >> Patti >> >> >> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >> To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: >> Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving >> the messages >> individually or want them individually) >> >> or >> >> Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving >> a digest of multiple >> messages or want this mode) >> >> In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe >> or unsubscribe. >> >> > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire at Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/234 - Release Date: > 18/01/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/234 - Release Date: 18/01/2006

Owen You need to go into http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx to search the indexes For the moment at least they are free, and you don't have to give a credit card, just sign in. Good luck Regards David Gay O'Neill <gayoneill@bigpond.com> a écrit : Owen, Ancestry.com is not usually free however if they are offering free for you to look up.. you hand over your credit card details - no charge -. and then if you go off looking at anything else you should not look at then they start to deduct from your account for a membership fee. I am a member (after getting caught out looking at all sorts of goodies that they have on offer) and it has been very worthwhile for me to do so - Mind you I did have to ring them up and get them to cancel American. search facilities that they had really over charged me for.. so it was a bit of a hassle.. All I needed is the UK membership which is a lot cheaper. Cheers Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owen" To: Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] BMD 1837-1983 > Good Morning > Please tell me how to get on to these Free web sites. I went to > Ancestry.com and they wanted $69.00 for membership. > I was looking for info on my father and his dad. > Stanley Bernard Clarke, born 22nd July 1885 at Rose Cottage, Kirby Street, > Bromley. I always thought it was Poplar. His father Henry Clarke, a ship > builder, came from Cork, Ireland, and married Jemmima Freebourne. Not sure > but I think there were four boys and one girl. > Owen Clarke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Salter" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:52 AM > Subject: [BDF] BMD 1837-1983 > > >> Ancestry.co.uk have just added the complete GRO BMD indexes 18237-1983 to >> their website in addition to the freeBMD index. >> Patti >> >> >> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >> To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: >> Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving >> the messages >> individually or want them individually) >> >> or >> >> Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving >> a digest of multiple >> messages or want this mode) >> >> In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe >> or unsubscribe. >> >> > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire at Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/234 - Release Date: > 18/01/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.20/234 - Release Date: 18/01/2006 ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== Go to the Bedfordshire Lookup Exchange at: http://freespace.virgin.net/m.harbach/bdf.html --------------------------------- Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international.Téléchargez la version beta.

In message <004701c61d7f$df56fd30$6501a8c0@Lois>, Owen <oclarke4@comcast.net> writes >Good Morning >Please tell me how to get on to these Free web sites. I went to Ancestry.com >and they wanted $69.00 for membership. >I was looking for info on my father and his dad. FreeBMD.org.uk is the only free one, which will give you the necessary reference details to order a birth certificate etc. However, Stanley's birth certificate will give you no more than the information you have already, and if his father was Irish born, he will not appear in the normal GRO indexes. Indeed, he will probably not have a birth certificate at all, since Irish registration did not start until 1864. . >Stanley Bernard Clarke, born 22nd July 1885 at Rose Cottage, Kirby Street, >Bromley. I always thought it was Poplar. His father Henry Clarke, a ship >builder, came from Cork, Ireland, and married Jemmima Freebourne. Not sure >but I think there were four boys and one girl. What you should do is look for the census entry for the family - you can probably find Henry in 1881, with a wife named Jemima, and note any children then living (use the (free) 1881 census search at Familysearch) Then search London 1891 for the family including Stanley, and also 1901, to see who is left at home then. The 1901 INDEX is free, but you have to pay if you want to view images. I gather there is a brief free run on Ancestry, though I am not sure how long this will last. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society