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zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 10 Apr 2014 15:46

hi all
i have just noticed that a national burial index is available for sale on the inside cover of my who do you think you are magazine for £27.95
i dont want to sound dumb but what does it actually cover please
and would it be a good investment
thanks
zena :-)

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safc

safc Report 10 Apr 2014 16:04

http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/9780956472106/National-Burial-Index-for-England-%26-Wales-3rd-Edition/

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 10 Apr 2014 16:32

thanks safc :-D

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lewis smith mowbray townsend crowther holmes bourne hands

Amokavid

Amokavid Report 10 Apr 2014 18:42

I would advise you to read up about the NBI here .......
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-overview.php

Here's a snippet from the FFHS about the NBI ..........

Although coverage in terms of years and locations is now much more extensive, there are still gaps because not all family history societies are able or willing to join the project due to restrictions to access records, a lack of volunteers, or other commitments.

Progression...........

As an ongoing project, further collections of records are encouraged and continue to be received by the FFHS Data Managers.
The First Edition contained 5.4 million, the Second 13.2 million, and the recent Third Edition containing over 18.4 million covering some 9100 burial locations in 50 counties. (See map and county tables).

Burials for the NBI are added cumulatively so that all should appear in each edition. However, this is not always the case since contributors sometimes change or even delete records during their regular record-validation of previous files.............

I purchased the 1st edition many years ago & found a nice lot of my ancestors, but not all purchasers of the NBI have been so lucky or satisfied with it,all depends I suppose if the areas you are looking at have been covered! take a look at the site to see what they have to say re coverage etc.

Joan.

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Research covered........Harrison, Holiday, Sharp, Garthwaite, Buttle, Lund, Smurthwaite.... ..York, Malton, Thirsk, Darlington, H on Sp Moor, H le Spring, Whitby........

Kense

Kense Report 10 Apr 2014 20:49

Doesn't someone on Find Ancestors do look-ups of the NBI?

Kuros

Kuros Report 11 Apr 2014 00:08

It's next to useless for non-conformist burials and not so good for municipal cemeteries. It's mainly for Church of England burials in churchyards. My lot were either non-conformists - or heathens - so I found it no good at all.

Annie

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 11 Apr 2014 03:16

Also some cemetary records have been transcribed and are sold by the 'friends of' that cemetary.
Those records will never appear on the National Burial Index as they are a great source of income at £10.00 per search/name. Arnos Grove in Bristol is a prime example.

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We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 11 Apr 2014 15:42

thank you for all your comments everyone
i will check that site joan then decide
zena :-D

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lewis smith mowbray townsend crowther holmes bourne hands