How to successfully search the Irish BMD site?

[Dancing Master]

I do get into the Irish BMD's via this link

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=2;t=searchable

But I am registered with Family Search maybe this is a necessity.

[carol8353]

I managed to get a list of people I was looking for, but once I tried to view the document it froze the computer every time I could see part of the page but not anything worth noting.

It seems to jam part way across the two pages.

I may be wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere on the website that no images were availaable yet?

Last night I managed to find the birth of my father inlaw- in 1911 in Ennis.
Today he ain't there 

This is a pilot site...lets hope once it's up and running for real it becomes a little more user friendly!

Lastly does anyone know if the references quoted on each entry would be the ones you use if you order a cert by post(not yet online is it?)
Just incase I do find anyone I want...far too common surnames I think?
Blake and Coleman

Carol

[eadaoin]

Carol,
for ordering certs - it's the two short numbers you want, and the quarter

Volume numbers are 1-5 when the year is divided into quarters, 1-20 when it's a full year (up to 1877, I think)

the page numbers go from1 to about 1000?

My problems are two!
It is very slow, and freezes frequently on the images - the only answer is to go off and make a cuppa, or whatever (I drank a LOT of cuppas today!) - I'm sure it'll improve later.

Also, if i choose MARRIAGE I get nothing!! So I just let it rip using ALL EVENTS and scroll down picking out the marriages (or residences, as they call them) ... anyone else find this?

regards eadaoin

[aghadowey]

Haven't tried searching for any marriages yet but when I put in just a name and asked for births only it came up with the same births and deaths I got when asking for all records.

[perth tiger]

i was looking for a marriage, i had found the other partner and knew the date and place. if i tried putting the info in it came up no results.i tried putting nothing but the surname and place and date it gave me 188 pages. i then tried all the records with surname and  date from 1913 to 1913. it still gave me 188 pages but the one i wanted was the first one.
it seems that just like the other family searches the more you put in the harder it is

perth

now all i have to do is work out how to order the cert

[carol8353]

now all i have to do is work out how to order the cert

That's exactly what I'm doing at the mo!

I'm using the http://www.groireland.ie/ website.

Carol

[perth tiger]

seems you can get a copy of the cert for just 6 euro, whats a pps number and how are you supposed to know the date of the marriage?

perth

[carol8353]

Under PPS I've just stuck in my page and volume number  4 and 117
and under date I've written June 1/4 of 1923 and specified only if dad is XXX

I've also ticked for a cheaper 6 euro photocopy as this is my hubby's aunt (I hope!)

Good luck Perth,we'll have to compare notes.

Of course I've now got to post the damn thing as I don't have access to a Fax machine.

Carol

[perth tiger]

by the time i have sorted out the form and sent it from here you should have yours back,

hope it works for you

perth