Re: Free Findmypast

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:26:22 +0300, Renia <renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
enriched this group when s/he wrote:

Ye Old One wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:01:04 +0300, Renia <renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
enriched this group when s/he wrote:

Ye Old One wrote:

Larger databases already exist, I don't see a major problem in this
one. A large part of the index already exists in computer form
Undertaken by volunteers, if you are referring to FreeBMD and its access
through Ancestry.

I was not, and who would use Ancestry to access it when it is already
online in its own right?

Through FreeBMD. As I said. (I'm a one-namer, so I subscribe to both FMP
and Ancestry.)


No, I was referring to the actual index held by the GRO, a large part
of which has been computerized for many years.

Only the modern stuff. Any older stuff which may have been computerised
was likely in a different format.

There has been, for at least the last 8 years, a process of converting
many of the older microfilmed records to computer.

--
Bob.
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