Alan, Also happy to chip in but have never used 1837- online so hope its not complicated. My main interest is of course KNIBBS but if you need to allocate otherwise then just tell me. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackari2@aol.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Volunteers required! > www.1837on-line now have the overseas bmd indexes available for searching. > > A quick look reveals a large number of K/NIBB/S and time, if nothing else, > makes me wonder if we could share the task of downloading amongst listers. > There's a cost element also ie £5 for 50 units. Only if one pays the charge can > the full record be seen. However, from what I can gauge on a search for births > 1761-2003, only one page per entry seems to be the norm, so every unit used > should reveal a K/NIBB/S, unlike the normal indexes where two pages can > sometimes be needed to locate the correct individual - many more for common surnames. > > > I suspect that my search for KNIBB brought up KNIBBS as well but experience > would tell us if that is indeed the case. If it is then perhaps we can divide > the task by one lister taking on £5 worth of the KNIBB births and another £5 > worth of the NIBBS births and similarly split the marriages and deaths. This > way, we might only need 6 volunteers in total but if £5 doesn't cover all of a > particular batch, perhaps on a second trawl for volunteers someone else can > complete that batch. > > Any takers? If so, please can you state which batch you would like to tackle > ie KNIBB or NIBBS and births, marriages or deaths. Then just wait a while > for me as co-ordinator to give the go-ahead - otherwise we could find ourselves > duplicating efforts. > > bfn > > Alan > > Alan Jackson > Host at The K/NIBB/S One Name Study & Mailing List > Website address http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knibbetc > > Did you know? Earlier postings to the list are archived at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KNIBB-L/ > Please follow log-on instructions when you first visit! > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >