Hello Don't forget that FreeBMD is a volunteer based project so not all the records are on there - not yet anyway, so if you don't find who you are looking for keep checking as it is updated quite regularly. Regards Carol Barber Freecen Co-ordinator for Yorkshire, Durham and Westmorland http://freecen.rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Teri100@aol.com [mailto:Teri100@aol.com] Sent: 04 February 2006 14:45 To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Surname puzzle _http://freebmd.rootsweb.com_ (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com) It's the birth, marriage & death indexes You can either view the images (like 1837.com) or search (like Ancestry.com) but whereas you will pay to join 1837, this one is free. Ancestry has a joining fee but you can access birth, marriage & deaths without having to join If you haven't been on the site before, there is an advert for Ancestry at the top of the page which isn't what you're looking for. Just scroll down the page till you find the buttons. Good luck Teresa ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/