Thanks Keith. I will do that. Shelley Keith Elmo Eldridge wrote: > Shelley Cameron <dragonlady_123@rogers.com> wrote: > >> When one finds a birth that gives you the VOl., and Page number, is >> their anywhere on the internet that allows you to type the vol.&page >> number in so you can see who the parent's are before you >> spend money on the certificate? >> > > If you are very lucky and look at the entry in the FreeBMD index you may > find a "Postem" with the details or a contact for someone who has a copy of > the certificate. The existence of a Postem is indicated by an Envelope icon > after the Info and Scan (spectacles) icons. The more Postems that are there > the more likely it is you will find the details before having to purchase > the certificate. So I strongly suggest that everyone who has used FreeBMD > and then purchased the certificate adds the additional details to the > database as a Postem (for Marriage Certificates there will two entries to > add them.) Leaving your contact details on the entries for your ancestors > is a good way of alerting potential cousins who are quite likely to be > related if they are searching for the same people. > > Posting the details of any Essex-related certificates to the mailing list is > also encouraged. > > Regards > Elmo. > -- > --Keith Elmo ELDRIDGE Essex-UK-Admin@rootsweb.com > --Elmo@aphelia.co.uk > --Buxworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England. > --List Administrator of the Essex-UK mailing list > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >