Hi, I like the search engine the Free BMD uses better than the one from Ancestry but Ancestry does have more data available. Jean in S.Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Ackroyd" <rsackroyd@bigpond.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > Hi Judith > > I feel pretty sure that Ancestry just 'gateway' the FreeBMD records. I've > had similar instances where entries appear to show up on Ancestry but not > FreeBMD, but it has always turned out to be a quirk in the way the search > has worked.

I am trying to trace a family in London, and having trouble getting clear explanations on the London list. I was told there that bmd records between 1900 and 1983 are available at ancestry.com, but not electronically searchable. They are available as scans of individual pages that one must search through. Seemingly they are organized in such a way that one can find the right page in the right district or whatever to search for each year. But I can't find how to access tehm on the ancestry.com site. Can someone please tell me where to find them. Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Terry" <tjmspence@bigpond.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > Hi, I like the search engine the Free BMD uses better than the one from > Ancestry but Ancestry does have more data available. Jean in S.Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary Ackroyd" <rsackroyd@bigpond.com> > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:53 AM > Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > > >> Hi Judith >> >> I feel pretty sure that Ancestry just 'gateway' the FreeBMD records. >> I've >> had similar instances where entries appear to show up on Ancestry but not >> FreeBMD, but it has always turned out to be a quirk in the way the search >> has worked. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.465 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 11:56 AM

Here are the links for the 1984-2005 BMD indexes..................Sure hope they work.............Nancy England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2005 http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782 England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1984-2005 http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8753 England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7579

They work fine. But I specifically need to know how to get to the scans of indexes from 1900 to 1983. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Magnusson" <nancie45@shaw.ca> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > Here are the links for the 1984-2005 BMD indexes..................Sure > hope > they work.............Nancy > > England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2005 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782 > > England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1984-2005 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8753 > > England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7579 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.465 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 11:56 AM

Hi Dora Go to http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Under the search box is a link Go directly to UK Birth, Marriage and Death records This takes you to a page with 3 options 1.Complete BMD Index ranges & Images 1837-1983 where you can choose Birth, Deaths or Marriages, select the one you want, type in the name and year (you can choose +/- 20 years), this then bring up links to all the pages that should contain the name you require. (if you don't have an account you have to fill in your email address and name, no subscription required) 2. Partial FreeBMD Indexes & Images 1837-1983 Records as on Free BMD 3. Complete BMD Indexes 1984-2005 Computerised index of BMD's, no images were produced all details are on computer database. Hope this helps. Sharon Buchanan Vice Chairman Pontefract FHS www.pontefractfhs.org.uk vicechair@pontefractfhs.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dora Smith Sent: 12 June 2007 02:02 To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry I am trying to trace a family in London, and having trouble getting clear explanations on the London list. I was told there that bmd records between 1900 and 1983 are available at ancestry.com, but not electronically searchable. They are available as scans of individual pages that one must search through. Seemingly they are organized in such a way that one can find the right page in the right district or whatever to search for each year. But I can't find how to access tehm on the ancestry.com site. Can someone please tell me where to find them. Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Terry" <tjmspence@bigpond.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > Hi, I like the search engine the Free BMD uses better than the one from > Ancestry but Ancestry does have more data available. Jean in S.Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary Ackroyd" <rsackroyd@bigpond.com> > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:53 AM > Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > > >> Hi Judith >> >> I feel pretty sure that Ancestry just 'gateway' the FreeBMD records. >> I've >> had similar instances where entries appear to show up on Ancestry but not >> FreeBMD, but it has always turned out to be a quirk in the way the search >> has worked. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.465 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 11:56 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Dora, I am just on my way out and haven't time to look any further but I do have the following URL http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=&gst=&rank=0&f6=Elizabeth&f5=reed&f2__isodate=&rg_f1__date=1935&rs_f1__date=10&ors=1&db=onsmarriages&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&hc=50&fh=50&fsk=CIAAIwUABTJL This takes me to the Marriage Index. I did play around on the site and found the birth ones but can't remember how at the moment. I learned that this isn't the total list but rather the beginning and ending names on the page. Hope this is of some help. Jean in S.Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry >I am trying to trace a family in London, and having trouble getting clear > explanations on the London list. > > I was told there that bmd records between 1900 and 1983 are available at > ancestry.com, but not electronically searchable. They are available as > scans of individual pages that one must search through. Seemingly they > are > organized in such a way that one can find the right page in the right > district or whatever to search for each year. > > But I can't find how to access tehm on the ancestry.com site. Can > someone > please tell me where to find them. Thanks! > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean-Terry" <tjmspence@bigpond.com> > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry > > >> Hi, I like the search engine the Free BMD uses better than the one from >> Ancestry but Ancestry does have more data available. Jean in >> S.Australia. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rosemary Ackroyd" <rsackroyd@bigpond.com> >> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [WRY] FreeBMD and Ancestry >> >> >>> Hi Judith >>> >>> I feel pretty sure that Ancestry just 'gateway' the FreeBMD records. >>> I've >>> had similar instances where entries appear to show up on Ancestry but >>> not >>> FreeBMD, but it has always turned out to be a quirk in the way the >>> search >>> has worked. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.465 / Virus Database: 269.5.7/771 - Release Date: 4/21/2007 > 11:56 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >