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Offline BumbleB

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Re: findmypast
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 09 April 16 16:15 BST (UK) »
I think, if your primary area of research is Scotland, then any of the other pay-to-view sites will be inadequate, not just FindMyPast.

In return, I have to say that, personally, I found Scotland's People very difficult to navigate - on the one and only search I have conducted.  Attempting to obtain an image was a challenge for me  :o  I eventually managed it, but it took me some while  ::)

As the saying goes - "each to their own"  ;D ;D
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
Archbell - anywhere, any date
Kendall - WRY
Milner - WRY
Appleyard - WRY

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Re: findmypast
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 09 April 16 16:21 BST (UK) »
Quote from: g forgeron on Wednesday 30 March 16 10:51 BST (UK)
Has any one any experience of using this site? I was going to take make use of a free trial so I put in my own birth details - which I know - to see what came up. Absolutely useless, my namesakes from all over the world appeared, along with dates years before and years after, even though I specified an exact year.

Where did I go wrong, or is it just a "chocolate tea pot" of a site ?

I've just tried it with my own name (first name, initial and surname), year of birth (0 +/- years), 'Britain' but no specific place as I was born in England and married in Wales. It produces 3 records, 2 of my own and a marriage for someone with exactly the same name :).  As age would not be listed in the marriage index, I can't fault that :)
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....

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Re: findmypast
« Reply #20 on: Saturday 09 April 16 16:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Deirdre784 on Saturday 09 April 16 16:21 BST (UK)
Quote from: g forgeron on Wednesday 30 March 16 10:51 BST (UK)
Has any one any experience of using this site? I was going to take make use of a free trial so I put in my own birth details - which I know - to see what came up. Absolutely useless, my namesakes from all over the world appeared, along with dates years before and years after, even though I specified an exact year.

Where did I go wrong, or is it just a "chocolate tea pot" of a site ?


I've just tried it with my own name (first name, initial and surname), year of birth (0 +/- years), 'Britain' but no specific place as I was born in England and married in Wales. It produces 3 records, 2 of my own and a marriage for someone with exactly the same name :).  As age would not be listed in the marriage index, I can't fault that :)


I just found myself in the birth BMD index never thought of looking before.  Luckily I didn't find myself in the deaths.  ;D
Williams, Owens, Pritchard, Povall, Banks, Brown.
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