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Offline nanny jan

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Re: Ancestry .co.uk.
« Reply #99 on: Thursday 02 August 07 17:54 BST (UK) »
The "Partial Free BMD" is still free; I've just checked it.


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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Ancestry .co.uk.
« Reply #100 on: Thursday 02 August 07 17:57 BST (UK) »
Under the terms of Ancestry's agreement with FreeBMD, it has to remain free.

Its the Full GRO Index thats sadly gone to pay-status...
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Re: Ancestry .co.uk.
« Reply #101 on: Thursday 02 August 07 20:08 BST (UK) »
Yeah, I was disappointed by that, they at least used to give you a free trial without asking you for credit card details. Their tactic seems to have worked however as it's coaxed me into buying a month's subscription.

It is a pretty useful website though.

Check your local library to see if it has a subscription to the website, as I've heard some libraries do.
BARTLETT - Plymouth, Devon
BIRD - Wiltshire, Somerset
BISHOP - Somerset
DESBOROUGH - Surrey?
EMERY - Bedfordshire
HALL - Walworth
HARDISTY - Leeds, Yorkshire
HAYWARD - Southwark, Surrey
LEDAMUN - Spitalfields, Middlesex
MONTAGUE - Bethnal Green, Middlesex
MYNN - Goudhurst, Kent
REYNELL - Newington Surrey
REYNOLDS - Soho, Middlesex
WREN - Midlothian, Scotland, Camberwell

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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #102 on: Friday 03 August 07 15:24 BST (UK) »
If you live in Wales at least, your library should have free access.  The Welsh Assembly paid out for all libraries and archives to have access to Ancestry, at least so I was told when I went for a job interview at the Glamorgan Record Office last Tuesday.
Currently engaging in a one-name study of the Twyman surname.

Golding, Twyman, Kennard, Wales (Kent).
Berks, Challinor (Staffordshire).
Wakely. (Glam & Monmouth).

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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #103 on: Friday 03 August 07 15:33 BST (UK) »
Did you get the job? now think before you answar  ;D because this lot will never leave you alone if you did get the job ;D
Migky ;)

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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #104 on: Saturday 04 August 07 03:09 BST (UK) »
Do let us know Simon - I am so envious - would love to work in a Records office/archives area!!

Trish
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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #105 on: Saturday 04 August 07 09:55 BST (UK) »
He won't tell us, Trish!  In case he gets swamped with requests!!  ::)  Go Simon, go you good thing, all of Rootschat is barracking for you!  ;D ;D

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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #106 on: Saturday 04 August 07 10:26 BST (UK) »
I start Tuesday, but am not really in a position to do requests unfortunately.  :P For now I'm stuck bringing documents out of the strong room when they're requested and helping move stuff too and from their new location (the office is, apparently, moving from it's current location in Cardiff University down to Cardiff Bay in the coming year).
I've a bit of a way to go yet before I'm transcribing documents for them. :P  I've noticed though, they no longer have a member of staff supervising the parish register room.  I think that's such a shame.  How many times have we all been looking a the PRs and need a little help or advise?  I think they should let me do that!!! ;D
Currently engaging in a one-name study of the Twyman surname.

Golding, Twyman, Kennard, Wales (Kent).
Berks, Challinor (Staffordshire).
Wakely. (Glam & Monmouth).

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Re: Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites
« Reply #107 on: Saturday 04 August 07 10:36 BST (UK) »
Hi Simon

Well done and congratuations - the man at our archives who brings the info up/down often comes & tells me it is on the shelf - or delivers it to my desk  ;D  ;D  Always asks if I've found what I want & sometimes insists on helping - I worry that he should be elsewhere - but who remembers time when discussing such interesting things as 1875 council rates  ;D  ;D 

Don't get too carried away reading instead of moving

I have no Glamorgan folks (that I know about) so I will be very good & ask you nothing   ;D  ;D

Trish

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