Hello all Thanks to Allan Raymond for allowing me to forward this message to you and many thanks to him and all of the FreeBMD volunteers who made this incredible milestone possible. If any of you wish to join and transcribe for FreeBMD, Allan says you will be most welcome. You can contact him at the email address mentioned below. Lynne -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Allan Raymond <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> > >It's extremely pleasing to announce that following the FreeBMD database update on 21 February 2014 we passed a significant milestone by having a total of over *** 300 million records *** ( 300,035,559 to be precise) on FreeBMD. > >This is due to the outstanding efforts over the years from almost 12,000 transcribers supported by their Syndicate Coordinators. > >Our transcribers are currently working on years up to and including 1971. > >Many thanks to all who have contributed to our Project. > >Allan Raymond >FreeBMD Coordinator of Syndicates