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Nov 18, 2016 16:18:08 GMT -5
Post by spikeharwood on Nov 18, 2016 16:18:08 GMT -5
For those who are not aware of it, the General Records Office are trialling the instant downloading of BC's and DC's for £6. But they have had to provide a database upgrade to allow this to happen. So now all searches for a birth will show the mother's maiden name. FreeBDM only shows this post 1911. Also all the deaths show the persons age which was not previously available for all records. You do have to register and log in and the search is limited to +/- 2 years at a time, but I've already found some useful info to fill some gaps. Link is here www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.aspKnock yourselves out Spike
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Nov 19, 2016 5:44:59 GMT -5
Post by tenpoundpom on Nov 19, 2016 5:44:59 GMT -5
For those who are not aware of it, the General Records Office are trialling the instant downloading of BC's and DC's for £6. But they have had to provide a database upgrade to allow this to happen. So now all searches for a birth will show the mother's maiden name. FreeBDM only shows this post 1911. Also all the deaths show the persons age which was not previously available for all records. You do have to register and log in and the search is limited to +/- 2 years at a time, but I've already found some useful info to fill some gaps. Link is here www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.aspKnock yourselves out Spike Thanks Spike, the mother's maiden name and the age at death will be very helpful in sorting out a few of my lines. Simon
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GRO
Nov 20, 2016 10:21:40 GMT -5
Post by sue on Nov 20, 2016 10:21:40 GMT -5
Ooooh, having the mother's maiden name visible on a Birth Search would have saved a lot of time & frustration over past years!!! Having just dabbled in this new search facility over the last hour or so, I have been able to confirm the correct family placement for several Curnows that I had in my records only as "prob/pos) against likely parents - and one "prob/pos" that I'd placed with the Curnow family living in that Gloucestershire RD that, because I can now see the mother's maiden name, I now know belongs to an entirely different family who "should" have been on the south Devon/Cornwall coast! I am sure I have plenty more births in the 19th century that I can now, over time, firm up to their correct parents, so this will be a very useful tool, thanks. Sue
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GRO
Apr 15, 2018 15:19:25 GMT -5
Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 15, 2018 15:19:25 GMT -5
And now for something just to keep everyone on their toes! Many of you will be aware that the GRO Indexes for baptisms show the name of the mother as recorded for the certificates at time of birth. It goes without saying that his is an extremely useful piece of information to have available ....... but there is a pitfall that can be most frustrating!! I have just checked for children of a marriage between a John EVA whose bride in FreeBMD is recorded as Elizabeth DENNAFORD - the name of the mother for each child as found in the GRO Index is as follows:- 1839 - DINNEFOR 1840 - DENIVER 1842 - DINEVER 1845 - DENNAVER 1847 - DUNNAFORD 1849 - DUNEFOR 1851 - DUNEFOR 1852 - DENNEFORD 1856 - DENNEFER For the nine children found the mother's name is spelt EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS!!! (And not one of those 8 variations was the same as the spelling used in the marriage entry!!!) You will find other examples such as 'Radcock' for 'Badcock' and so on but it is pointless to name multitudes of examples here. The point is that when using the GRO Index you will find the same problems that appear in the old Parish Registers. The GRO Index search page does have a facility to search for 'phonetically similar names' and 'similar sounding variations' but I very much doubt that either of those would pick all 8 variations of the example shown above! CT
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