Good day (evening) to everyone and Happy New Year! I think that we all have used the IGI or scotlandspeople in our research. For me, both resources have proven invaluable. Wouldn't it be nice to have a "free" index to search that offers more detail than what is currently available on these sites? I know from personal experience, it would have saved me a lot of money on scotlandspeople just by having the occupation of the father listed and freereg will provide this information. Freereg is another look at the OPR's, only this time around, more details are entered. Who knows, we may also discover information that was not posted to the indexes mentioned above (well..........you never know). I have volunteered to be county coordinator for Nairn and am looking for volunteers. All you need is access to a microfiche reader. You can use your local library or purchase one on eBay relatively cheaply as I have done. The microfiche will be sent from the LDS for the county of Nairn. I will then mail a portion to a volunteer. The volunteer would then enter the information from the microfiche into a software program provided by freereg where later it will be transferred for checking. After which will be posted to the site. Although it almost sounds like the wheel is being reinvented, I firmly believe that this will prove to be a better index than what the IGI and scotlandspeople currently have to offer; most importantly, will be free of charge. If anyone would like to learn more, the URL is www.freereg.org.uk There are many parishes available looking for volunteers, including county coordinators. (Carol, our list admin for Moray, is county coordinator for same). Anyone interested in helping with the county of Nairn please contact me, I would love to hear from you! Kind regards, Sherry Williamson Canton, Michigan Researching: CALDER / LAMB / MCURICH / MCPHERSON / MACKINTOSH - Nairnshire

Hello, I am wondering if the Xmas & New Year has got to me as I cannot figure out what more the LDS, IGI will give you over & above what is now available. I have the above IGI for Scotland purchased a number of years ago from this organisation in Salt Lake City. Also I have read time & again dozens of the Old Parish Register films & numerous films from the 1855 Civil Registers of births, deaths & marriages. Only these last Registers show the fathers occupation or the OPR's in larger places in Scotland will give occupations. I have gleaned occupations only from Census returns in most instances. Again occupations change often many times over a persons lifetime so what benefit could really be gained from this exercise. Personally Scotlandspeople indexing leaves a lot to be desired especially in census returns & it is a pity they never followed the criteria of the first national indexing of 1881 as it seems the English Census are indexed. With so few Scottish surnames & so many family first names following the old naming tradition giving again a small variety of names I would have liked to see the Scottish marriage indexes include the marriage partners surname. I am sure there are many avenues to spread your indexng talents. sincerely, Barbara. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Williamson" <Wiccanpt2@netzero.net> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Volunteers Needed - Freereg Project > Good day (evening) to everyone and Happy New Year! > > I think that we all have used the IGI or scotlandspeople in our research. > For me, both resources have proven invaluable. Wouldn't it be nice to have > a "free" index to search that offers more detail than what is currently > available on these sites? I know from personal experience, it would have > saved me a lot of money on scotlandspeople just by having the occupation of > the father listed and freereg will provide this information. > > Freereg is another look at the OPR's, only this time around, more details > are entered. Who knows, we may also discover information that was not > posted to the indexes mentioned above (well..........you never know). > > I have volunteered to be county coordinator for Nairn and am looking for > volunteers. All you need is access to a microfiche reader. You can use > your local library or purchase one on eBay relatively cheaply as I have > done. > > The microfiche will be sent from the LDS for the county of Nairn. I will > then mail a portion to a volunteer. The volunteer would then enter the > information from the microfiche into a software program provided by freereg > where later it will be transferred for checking. After which will be posted > to the site. > > Although it almost sounds like the wheel is being reinvented, I firmly > believe that this will prove to be a better index than what the IGI and > scotlandspeople currently have to offer; most importantly, will be free of > charge. > > If anyone would like to learn more, the URL is www.freereg.org.uk There are > many parishes available looking for volunteers, including county > coordinators. (Carol, our list admin for Moray, is county coordinator for > same). > > Anyone interested in helping with the county of Nairn please contact me, I > would love to hear from you! > > Kind regards, > > Sherry Williamson > Canton, Michigan > > Researching: CALDER / LAMB / MCURICH / MCPHERSON / MACKINTOSH - Nairnshire >