Hi Laurence I am very happy to stand corrected on this. I have been a constant and enthusiastic user of FreeBMD since it started and yet, to my eternal shame, I never realised that one could use a date of birth or age range in that way in the "death age/dob" field. No excuses either, because it is explained perfectly clearly in the FAQs. Many thanks for the tip Caroline (red-faced and contrite) Sent from my iPad On 20 Sep 2012, at 09:14, Lawrence Pearse <[email protected]> wrote: > > Caroline - why do you say "only Ancestry allows you to search the death index on an approximate date of birth"? On a death search FreeBMD allows you to enter into its "Death age/DOB box" something like "@1834-1838" to give the approximate year range of birth, while FMP has a year of birth box (with +/-). With its more flexible use of year range, FreeBMD is always my first port of call for deaths up to about 1950 - and its option to limit searches to one or more reg districts or counties is an added bonus. > > Lawrence > > > > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:47:09 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [MDX] COOLER ? & LUCAS Margaret Florence >> >> Hi Marcelle >> >> FreeBMD should always be ones first port of call for searching civil >> registration indices (except possibly for deaths after 1865 - only Ancestry >> allows you to search the death index on an approximate date of birth) and is >> now pretty much complete well into the 20th century. > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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