Mother's surname only came in after 1912 - no matter where you search ;) And FreeBMD, which is catching up fast, will always be cheaper than either Ancestry or FMP. Anne South Australia (freezing just over the border) Graham Price wrote: > > I just noticed that FMP have altered things with a new births > 1837-2006 searching by surname, first name and mother's name (suppose > Ancestry has much the same?). Anyway, very useful, but I see that you > still have to use a very wide path to get results. Things are getting > better and better. > Cheers > Graham > Melbourne

At 07:46 PM 1/08/2010, Anne wrote: >Mother's surname only came in after 1912 - no matter where you search ;) >And FreeBMD, which is catching up fast, will always be cheaper than >either Ancestry or FMP. Yes, I knew that, but I don't suppose others did. Thanks Anne Cheers Graham