Family Search BMDs - problem

[shanew147]

the web-site is back up and allowing basic access, but the BMD index is still missing many births and marriages.

New sources are listed for Ireland, but not clear exactly where this data originates :

 Ireland Births & Baptisms, 1620 - 1881
 Ireland Deaths 1864 - 1870
 Ireland Marriages 1619 - 1898


Shane

[aghadowey]

No, not fixed yet. Just did a couple of searches with no results (when I know the records exist), marriages that do come up listed as 'residence' rather than marriage and a few really strange locations (not in Ireland where I was searching) and when the record was checked it was a place in Ireland!

[GAJM1]

Have found a few deaths records and gives the townland of death etc.

Plus found marriages which give father's name maybe when fully uploaded all this information will be covered.

Castlemcauliffe

[shanew147]

The new marriages look like they could be full extracts of civil or church registers as they include details for both the bride and groom. See sample transcript extract below :

 Groom's Name: Thomas Fitzsimons
 Groom's Marital Status: Single
 Groom's Father's Name: William Fitzsimons

 Bride's Name: Sarah Cooper Or Ruskell
 Bride's Father's Name: Robert Ruskell
 Bride's Marital Status: Widowed

 Marriage Date: 05 Jan 1858
 Marriage Place: Castlemacadam, Wick, Ireland
 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70218-9 [??]
 System Origin: Ireland-EASy [??]
 Reference Number: 640
 Collection: Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898


Shane

[aghadowey]

On the positive side- checked under births & baptisms 1620-1881 that Shane posted (separate from civil index) and they've added parents' names on the search results page!
However, need to be cautious with the results- one record had baptism of child with father's birthplace filled in- was actually the family's residence at the time of baptisms (and in this case I know father was born elsewhere).

[shanew147]

the only major detail that I see left out of the birth details is the father's occupation, which can be very useful. I dont know how good the coverage is yet but using these details will probably save people a few Euro as they can confirm marriage, and parents details etc without having to order a cert..

and since the full details are available you can also find most of the children in a family using the mothers maiden name, similar to the IGI parent search.



Shane

[GAJM1]

From what i can make out its looks like alot of the new information on the pilot site. Is simply copied from the old family search site. But defo completely new information as well.

Castlemcauliffe

[agho]

Is it just me or are there still some problems with the site? I'm getting an error message a lot of the time & the site is sticking when I do get in 

[shanew147]

it's just gone down for me with the server error again...



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