Val.Stewart wrote: > Hello everyone....I`m new to your List > > I am wondering what the chances of finding a 1940s birth , online, would be ? Your chances are excellent. > Half expect that I would have more chance if it were an earlier period !! Not so. If anything it should be very much easier. > Looking for birth date of Denis Michael COOPER, abt. 1942/43 , Lydney, G`Shire. www.findmypast.com www.familyrelatives.com www.ancestry.co.uk All these sites have the GRO indexes from 1837 to 2006 for Births and Death and 1837 to 2005 for marriages. All these sites are subscription but that all offer pay to view options. You won't get the birth date without buying the certificate unless he died by 2006. You can buy the cert from www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ for 7GBP. It will take 10-14 days to reach you.

Firebird..... Thank you for taking the time to reply.......your help is appreciated. Val. in Oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Firebird" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [GLS] Help With 1940 Birth. > Val.Stewart wrote: >> Hello everyone....I`m new to your List >> >> I am wondering what the chances of finding a 1940s birth , online, would >> be ? > > Your chances are excellent. > >> Half expect that I would have more chance if it were an earlier period >> !! > > Not so. If anything it should be very much easier. > >> Looking for birth date of Denis Michael COOPER, abt. 1942/43 , Lydney, >> G`Shire. > > www.findmypast.com > www.familyrelatives.com > www.ancestry.co.uk > > All these sites have the GRO indexes from 1837 to 2006 for Births and > Death and 1837 to 2005 for marriages. > > All these sites are subscription but that all offer pay to view options. > > You won't get the birth date without buying the certificate unless he > died by 2006. > > You can buy the cert from www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ for > 7GBP. It will take 10-14 days to reach you. > > > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1719 - Release Date: 10/10/2008 4:08 PM

> You won't get the birth date without buying the certificate unless he > died by 2006. Is there a means of finding out a birth date without buying the certificate if the person _has_ died by 2006? Jan Beaconsfield, UK _________________________________________________________________ Get all your favourite content with the slick new MSN Toolbar - FREE http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354027/direct/01/

Jan R wrote: > Is there a means of finding out a birth date without buying the certificate > if the person _has_ died by 2006? The date of birth is given in the death index from 1970 instead of the age as had been given between 1866 and 1969.