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Alison

Alison Report 30 Dec 2013 18:00

I havent done any research for a few years. I used to use a site called familysearch.org.
On it you could find names and records free of charge. I believe it was all transcribed by the Mormons.
It appears to have been discontinued and I cant find a similar, only sites where you must pay.
Can anybody help me with a new similar site?
Thank you

lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 30 Dec 2013 18:17

familysearch site is still up and running.

Researching:
Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Dec 2013 18:24

https://familysearch.org/search

Researching:

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Dec 2013 21:52

Where have you looked?

https://familysearch.org/

mgnv

mgnv Report 30 Dec 2013 23:03

My preference is to search in the individual collections at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND
These include the old IGI and the 1881 census.
The 1871 census there is now also useful, but I prefer to do a search of 1881 on Ancestry - the transcription there is the LDS one, and is free (but the image is not):
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=7572
[Wales, Chan I, IoM are also free).

The other useful site is the GRO index (up to the 1960s) at:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Pre-1960 is essentially complete, except for:
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Births Jun 1940 (91%) ***
Births Sep 1940 (0%) **************
Births Sep 1943 (76%) **************
Births Dec 1943 (1%) **************
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Births Sep 1958 (79%) **************
Births Dec 1958 (0%) **************
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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 31 Dec 2013 12:47

Hello Alison and welcome to the Community boards. :-)





As Alison is a new poster, I will let her know that she has replies to her query. :-)

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 31 Dec 2013 12:49

Meant to say that there are now quite a lot of online parish clerk sites which are free to use Alison. It's always worth googling to see what is available for the area you are researching. Good luck.

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Alison

Alison Report 31 Dec 2013 16:00

Thanks to all the kind people who offered advice.
I have fond the site -familysearch.org but it is very different now and not as good as before. But I shall persevere!!