Genealogy Chat

A few months ago I bought a year’s membership of FMP.com as it was on offer for 25% of the usual price. I bought primarily because I have started to research lines that went to North America. But also because I could see from the search engine that it had a lot of UK data. And (finally) because my GR Platinum membership was getting near to renewal time.

Every Friday I get an email. This is todays:-

We're bringing you a bonanza of British records for Findmypast Friday this week. Our new probate calendars, parish records and newspaper articles will give you plenty to delve into over the weekend. With your Findmypast First membership you get priority access to all new releases.
See this week's new records
This week, we're bringing you over 6.3 million new records and newspaper articles including:

• Over 514,000 records in probate calendars of England and Wales, 1858-1959
• Browsable probate calendars of England and Wales, 1858-1959
• Over 5.8 million new British newspaper articles
• Additional baptisms, marriages and burials from Hertfordshire, England


Does anyone with membership of FMP.co.uk also get this, or a similar, weekly email?

Yes, even if my account has lapsed.

In lapsed subscribers case, its probably to try and lure them back. For others, it will encourage them to use the site more frequently.

DET

Thanks.

Amokavid,

I am aware of that - but I wish to receive them. Occasionally there are new record collections that I then search.

My question was aimed at FMP.co.uk users. When I took my subscription I was fairly sure that the many UK record sets on FMP.com were the same as on FMP.co.uk. Seems that I was correct. Certainly there was/is much more than on GR. Especially newspapers!

I had a brief membership with FMO.com.au several years ago. I still get emails from them, as with that one today.

I also joined FMP.com when it was first set up several years ago, at a really good price

but I found it useless .................. it was in the early days, but they didn't have any of the US records I wanted to see, and we couldn't access many of the UK ones either. I used to go round and round in circles trying to get information.

Personally ........... I think worldwide on fmp.co.uk would give you everything, and more, that you're getting on fmp.com


It's like ancestry .................... the "branches" access the same central database while making the country of subscription the apparent first.

So if you join ancestry.au or ancestry.ca, yes you will get those country's records, but they're got from the database in Utah.

I subscribe to ancestry.co.uk because that is where most of my research is, but I'm always having to re-direct from their suggestion of ancestry.ca

SC,
" I think worldwide on fmp.co.uk would give you everything, and more, that you're getting on fmp.com "

Everything - yes. More - I do not think so.

But see my first post, and our subsequent exchange, on:-

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1347118

On FMP.com I presently have access to all records for just $49:50. At various times there have been comments from members about the (lack of) ease of use of the FMP search engine. I doubt that any of the Family History search engines can please everyone. And the GR advanced search has pleased nobody for quite a while!

But my initial post is wrong. It was more than just a few months ago. Time flies by...

Inky1

I still hold to what I posted then!

and yes, I have since tried free searches on fmp.com, and end up with the same or similar problems.

I have used fmp.co.uk when they offer free time, but still prefer ancestry

and would not pay more to access GR records, many of which are available elsewhere free.


c'est la vie


or each to his own :-D

I had a cheapie FMP.com Worldwide sub a few years back and agree that it was absolute pants then.

I now have FMP.co.uk worldwide sub and can also log in via FMP.com and the records are identical now - as is the search.

Personally, I prefer the FMP search to that of Ancestry which throws up way too many irrelevant records, I think there are far fewer mis-transcriptions on the census with FMP too. Their military records are also better. FMPs overseas records aren't up to Ancestry's but they're adding all the time. Once they catch up I'll probably drop Ancestry.

Strange...

Amokavid has deleted his/her post that listed the steps needed to stop the weekly email. So it looks as if I have responded to nothing..

Not strange at all! I deleted because the information I put up was not what you were looking for, re how to stop getting emails from FMP every Friday.
I misunderstood your Opening post thinking you were fed up of getting them!!

No point leaving such a post in place IF it is not the reply one is looking for! In my opinion.

Joan.......a she