Forwarded from Anna Rufer: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all, The recent update of the freeREG database took the Northamptonshire total number of records past the 400,000 mark. For details of the Northamptonshire records currently available go to http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/nth.shtml Over the past 4 weeks we have added a further 16 423 records to the database, bringing our total to 413 796 from 138 different churches & chapels. This is thanks to a steadily growing team of wonderful, dedicated contributors. Additional volunteers, or donations of existing transcripts are always very welcome! No special expertise is required.... just your time. For those who are not aware of this project, the objective of freeREG is to provide FREE internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. It is the newest cousin to freeBMD & freeCEN, and coverage is still quite limited, but with our numbers steadily increasing it is becoming a useful finding aid. More information can be found at www.freeREG.org.uk Regards, Anna Rufer Tirau, New Zealand Northamptonshire Coordinator, FreeREG project