Just to share my own experience with the ifhf.brsgenealogy site and ones associated with it (specific county sites).... It's true that searching is free and can be narrowed down in some cases to the parish level, at least on the county sites. I used it to "verify" a bit of the information that I already had and then proceeded to purchase records. (Verification is not really the correct word; comparison of information would be a better choice as you can't really verify anything until you pay and actually see the record.) I was not disappointed with any of my purchases and will use a couple of the records to do further research. It's not true that 20 Euros is the minimum purchase allowed though, as on one occasion I purchased a single record for 5 Euros. No one likes to waste money, but being able to buy a single record that you're fairly sure is yours is a pretty good deal. The cost was originally 10 Euros per record and I would not have paid that unless I was very sure the information was mine. Lowering the price made a difference for me and I will not hesitate to consider using the sites again. If I remember correctly, the cost of buying a single "record" in Dublin at the GRO is now 4 Euros, and that is after paying to search the Indexes if you do not have the specific information/dates/names that you're after. (I am relying on memory of what I have read, so don't "quote" me, and I haven't been there in a couple of years , since before the price was raised. ) Sorry to be long winded (I'm "Irish", ok??) Hope this helps someone. **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

Hi, Sheila I am glad you had a good experience on the ifhf.brsgenealogy site. I have found some documents that were appropriate to my family but this was by sheer luck. You cannot review the document before you purchase it and that is a problem for me because my family reused names to the nth degree. The site also does nothing from preventing a duplicate purchase. I have purchased documents that aren't what I wanted. Because I find the absence of a better review of documents on this site, I post findings that don't belong to me. It is nice that they reduced the price from 10 Euros to 5, but with the US exchange rate as it is, it is expensive if the document is not the one desired. The site should reveal a bit more data so that the consumer would be better informed. I would spend freely if I were assured that what I am buying is what I want. Remember, there is no return ability for purchase of bad documents. Others have weighed on this in previous communications and feel a bit like I do, though I am not speaking for anyone but myself. The idea is good but very underdeveloped. Thanks for sharing your story. It is reassuring. Beth On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to share my own experience with the ifhf.brsgenealogy site and ones > associated with it (specific county sites).... > > It's true that searching is free and can be narrowed down in some cases to > the parish level, at least on the county sites. I used it to "verify" a > bit > of the information that I already had and then proceeded to purchase > records. > (Verification is not really the correct word; comparison of information > would > be a better choice as you can't really verify anything until you pay and > actually see the record.) I was not disappointed with any of my purchases > and > will use a couple of the records to do further research. > > It's not true that 20 Euros is the minimum purchase allowed though, as on > one occasion I purchased a single record for 5 Euros. No one likes to > waste > money, but being able to buy a single record that you're fairly sure is > yours is > a pretty good deal. The cost was originally 10 Euros per record and I > would > not have paid that unless I was very sure the information was mine. > Lowering > the price made a difference for me and I will not hesitate to consider > using > the sites again. > > If I remember correctly, the cost of buying a single "record" in Dublin at > the GRO is now 4 Euros, and that is after paying to search the Indexes if > you > do not have the specific information/dates/names that you're after. (I am > relying on memory of what I have read, so don't "quote" me, and I haven't > been > there in a couple of years , since before the price was raised. ) Sorry to > be > long winded (I'm "Irish", ok??) Hope this helps someone. > > > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > ( > http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002 > ) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN [email protected]