what to buy

[suey]

1837 online is good if you need something after 1900 or so, but unless you have a good idea of a date for the event you can soon clock up the pennies!  Try FreeBMD first.
Sue

[karuahman]

thanks very much will give it try bmd free

[Boongie Pam]

Hi,

Something I found of interest but don't know how helpful it is.  I spent about £10 on 1837online and got precious little return as I was trying to find HUGHES which there are many.  

So I went to London to the FRC thought it would be cheaper AND I get a Brick Lane curry.  Great - got loads of references and ordered certs cheaper in person.

On my return to Scotland I found out that the St Catherine Fiches are kept in many librarys - including the one I walk past everyday going to work!!!  It's worth checking - the ones in Edinburgh run upto 1999.

Cheers,
Pam
 

[kevan]

Hi,
   I think you are right. I refuse to spend 10 pence a page for the thousands of pages (minimum a fiver) on 1837online. It is very cheap if they were indexed properly, but they are limited to the first 3 letters of a surname, and then guess where your search is in the 50 pages produced. I prefer other paid subscriptions, not many. Though, I do spend a lot of money on census.
  1837online is overpriced, though useful occasionally. I tend to rely on an Ancestry subscription, and a free link to
  http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true and various census CD.

Best
Kevan