The 22nd edition of the Guild Marriage Index (1837-1911) is available on the web site: http://www.one-name.org/members/GMI/gmi.html We now have well over 1 million entries on line (1117167 to be exact), 1088133 with spouse surname 1064779 with place and GRO page 1035745 with both These represent work from 2102 one-name studies. There are 649254 cardinal points. I am sorry to report that Mary Rix has resigned as Guild Marriage Index Coordinator. I have volunteered to take over, at least on a temporary basis. I think the Guild owes her a huge debt, she has done a great deal to make the GMI as accurate as possible. We have lost expertise and knowledge built up over 10 years. I will do what I can to maintain the standard, but will not have the time for all that Mary was accustomed to do, cleaning up, correcting and adding to the database (she described this as a full-time job). The GMI was never just a store of members' data: it does do that, yes, and connects members' studies where they coincide in a marriage, but what has been created is a valuable resource for locating marriages from just a GRO reference. It is more accurate than commercial databases (for example, did you know they often mis-label PRs? You have to look at the top of the image page to be sure of the church name). I consider the GMI to be a great asset for the Guild, and I am doing this because I think it is worth maintaining. Peter Alefounder.
Thank you Peter, and thanks too to Mary, who has done a sterling job. Paul On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Peter Alefounder via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > The 22nd edition of the Guild Marriage Index (1837-1911) > is available on the web site: > > http://www.one-name.org/members/GMI/gmi.html > > We now have well over 1 million entries on line (1117167 > to be exact), > 1088133 with spouse surname > 1064779 with place and GRO page > 1035745 with both > > These represent work from 2102 one-name studies. > > There are 649254 cardinal points. > > I am sorry to report that Mary Rix has resigned as Guild Marriage > Index Coordinator. I have volunteered to take over, at least on a > temporary basis. I think the Guild owes her a huge debt, she has > done a great deal to make the GMI as accurate as possible. We > have lost expertise and knowledge built up over 10 years. I will > do what I can to maintain the standard, but will not have the > time for all that Mary was accustomed to do, cleaning up, > correcting and adding to the database (she described this as a > full-time job). > > The GMI was never just a store of members' data: it does do that, > yes, and connects members' studies where they coincide in a > marriage, but what has been created is a valuable resource for > locating marriages from just a GRO reference. It is more accurate > than commercial databases (for example, did you know they often > mis-label PRs? You have to look at the top of the image page to > be sure of the church name). I consider the GMI to be a great > asset for the Guild, and I am doing this because I think it is > worth maintaining. > > Peter Alefounder. > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Paul Howes www.howesfamilies.com Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide