Comments on: UK Birth Index Update

By: Michael King

Michael King — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:05:05 +0000

I agree with Steve Kirby No.10 Feb. 19th 2009.
The Browse facility only provides for first letter selection, this is far too coarse. Why can’t the full search capability be available within these records?

By: Echo King

Echo King — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:53:28 +0000

Steve
If you would like to view the images of the indexes without using the keyed index you can use the browse feature found below the search box.

By: Echo King

Echo King — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:43:10 +0000

Jo – Yes! – your World Deluxe membership will give you access to the new LMA records.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:14:20 +0000

Echo,
I don’t know where else to ask this question that would be more appropriate so I’ll ask it here. Will my World Deluxe Membership give me access to the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) records?

Thanks.
Jo

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:30 +0000

I would like to type in the name of an idividual and get some information. Unfortunately, when I type my name in the blanks, I only get another screen. I was looking for the birth recording of my grandfaterh, John Andrew Bell who was born on March 17, 1867. Can you help

By: Steve Kirby

Steve Kirby — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:48:58 +0000

The records sullied by the FreeBMD site are full of errors and omissions. There is no substitute for reading the actual scanned images of the indexes. Please give us easy access to the indexes. If you are going to give us FreeBMD then what are we paying a subscription for?

By: Tony Cousins

Tony Cousins — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:47:12 +0000

I think a black hole has swallowed all of the Ancestry / TGN VPs and product people – where are the responses to all the complaints – or is it impossible to defend?

TonyC

By: Oxpictus

Oxpictus — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:35:21 +0000

I had mentioned this in another comment section on this website, but when one finds they have many members of British monarchy in their lineage (which both my husband and I do) it is difficult to enter their title, since the form insists on a first and last name. Also, because some postings do not address titles, I am forced to go offsite to gather pertinent information to include in comments. (i.e. Henry Plantagenet is Henry II, King of England) It would be nice to show not only their lineage, but their titles, also.

By: Tony Cousins

Tony Cousins — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:10:04 +0000

Echo
So that I could provide the birth reference to one of my family – that I know the exact birth date for, I put her information into the ‘complete’ UK birth index.

I guess it isn’t as complete as you think, she doesn’t exist – but if you search long enough through the images for September quarter 1949 you can find Nancy M Sellers. Actually I just went to TheGenealogist web site and found it there.

This isn’t just one name missing, all the names are missing from at least that one page.

So either your indexing is as they say – screwed, or your quality control sucks.

Which one is it and why should I renew my subscription in June.

Performance and page loading is still appallingly slow.

TonyC

By: Echo King

Echo King — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:15:11 +0000

Good question Beverly. I’m hoping that we will have updates to marriages and deaths completed within the next year.