Findmypast - The Fully Indexed Births Are Here.

[Colin D Gronow]

The searching seems to produce better results - probably better transcriptions - and  I prefer the layout of the results panel - much clearer.

Interesting, Ive just searched for my daughter on FindMyPast and she is not there.  Between 1837-2006 there are 4 people registered with that name, FindMyPast only finds 2 of them, Ancestry finds all 4. I tried all different search parameters, but I could not get it to match.

Perhaps it needs a little more time to iron out the discrepancies.

[Gadget]

I really can't comment on your searches. Mine have all come up 

[Wiggy]

Are they even putting up living people??   are they allowed to do that?  Might that be the difference I wonder?

[Gadget]

It's up to 2006, Wiggy. The same as Ancestry. It's allowed here.

[Wiggy]

For some reason I hadn't cottoned on to that!  Hmm - Now that I think about it - I do remember someone commenting about privacy or not with births!    You can look up ANYBODY then!!  In Britain!!

Must go searching! 

[kerryb]

Well, whatever  you all say, I think it's really good  - much better that the opposition 

Instead of all those pages offering the GRO index, we have just a list that we can click on.


Gadget

I concur! 

Kerry

[Gardener]

For some reason I hadn't cottoned on to that!  Hmm - Now that I think about it - I do remember someone commenting about privacy or not with births!    You can look up ANYBODY then!!  In Britain!!

Must go searching! 

I recently had a long conversation with my bank (in India I suspect) and had to establish some security words - the person asked first for a name "Most people use their mother's maiden name" and place "Most people use their place of birth".
Now, with my unusual first name and totally unique surname I wonder just how secure those words are? (Just as well I gave variations).

[FosseWay]

I just wish it had included mother's names pre 1837 as I've already bought about half a dozen wrong certificates trying to find my g.grandfather.

As others have mentioned, it's not an issue of previous transcriptions (e.g. FreeBMD) leaving out material from the indexes that could later be included if someone had the resources to retranscribe them. The indexes contain a finite amount of information that varies from time to time. The only way you'll get mothers' maiden names before Q3 1911 or age at death before c.1866 or date of birth before 197x (can't remember precisely) is by looking at the certificate.

I haven't had the chance to try the new search yet, but I will. I find FreeBMD much more accurate than the Ancestry transcriptions of 1916 onwards, and also prefer the way the information is presented on FreeBMD even before 1916 (where the information is identical on FreeBMD and Ancestry). Ancestry pushes you towards opening the image to find what you're after (quarter, volume and page) rather than just giving it to you with the minimum number of clicks, as FreeBMD does. I'll be interested to see how the FindMyPast index matches on this criterion and also transcription accuracy.

[teaurn]

How fantastic, haven't had an email yet but no doubt I will.

I shall have fun with that next week.  Especially with the more recent branches of my family