Moss, Sharon ENV:EX wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Sorry for posting on a county list, but I just wanted to know if anyone > uses & suscribes (via pay per view or other) to findmypast.com. I've > been on it a few times and wonder if it's worth it or not. The price > for pay per view seems reasonable, but wonder how much additional > information I'd really get than what I can get on freebmd/freecen and > other free resources on the 'net. Findmypast has the GRO indexes to 2005 but only the births and deaths for 2006. The UK Passport office which now controls the GRO has decided that the marriages for 2006 and BMDs for 2007 onwards will no longer be made available on the net. They'll only be available to personal callers at just five centres in England and Wales. Local register offices are apparently not allowing access either. FreeBMD only has the indexes to about 1920 at the moment. Findmypast has the 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 census (with superior indexing) with the 1851 and 1901 censuses to follow by the end of this year. You can take a tour of the site, free of charge, and that's the best way to see what they have. You are the only one who can really decide whether is is worthwhile or not since you are the one who'll be using it. None can make the decision for you beyond saying they love it or hate it.