FreeBMD - postems .. don't forget

[Lidfam]

Yes Selina but it comes back to the old advice of not trusting second hand information as the truth. As with the I.G.I , which I have found to my own expense, mischievous people can add any old rubbish to these sites, and so any information should be treated with caution, and not as fact.

                                                                           Dale

Postems are particularly useful if there are two or more people with the same name and event in the same year.

Even if you buy the wrong certificate, putting the details on a postem can help someone else avoid doing so.

Also great to find one next to a relative who is too distant to warrent purchasing a certificate but who you would like more knowledge of.

Selina

[Mark1973]

I've added some links to mine so far http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=5177209&d=bmd_1291127520

Works quite well, just like a tree

[Selina]

Yes quite true Dale, the I.G.I. and Ancestry Family Trees being prime examples.

However I still think it is a worthwhile exercise to add postems, not that I have ever found one attached to any record I am interested in!

Selina

[Selina]

Gosh that looks good Mark, anyone opening that postem up won't be able to believe their luck!

Selina

[coombs]

Pity there are not more postems like that.

[Jill on the A272]

I wasn't aware of postems before so thanks for making me aware, I think it will be my New Year's Resolution to got through my certificate collection and add some details.

[ucdom]

Hey

I didn't know about postems, but I think they're brilliant and have just added my entire certificate collection. It's a drop in the ocean I know, but if we all do it, then we may have a modest fraction of pre-1911 maiden names and pre-1866 ages at death sorted without having to badger anyone else to do it for us!

This topic should be put to the top of the common room boards, and everyone who uses FreeBMD and then buys a certificate obliged to enter the data.

Just a thought...

Andrew

[Selina]

I agree Andrew, every drop in the ocean is one drop more!

OK so some may be added from ill intentions but I think the majority will be in good faith.  Everything is so expensive now and any small bit of information is a help and may assist someone who can't afford a certificate.

Selina

[coombs]

Yes I shall add some of my postems. I use the site BMD share as well. Every little helps. I have about 75% of the birth, marriage and death certs of my direct rellies after civil reg commenced. 2 births from 1852 and 1856 were not registered.