Genealogy Chat

I was thinking of purchasing some vouchers for a 3 month subscription to FMP.

(purely for the Cheshire & Manchester collections on FMP as I've got a subscription with Ancestry which I've pretty much exhausted all my leads (apart from connections on other trees))

A full subscription or even a 6 month subscription with FMP seems pretty steep for what I want from the collection. (I'm not saying that it's pretty steep in general - if I was new and needed the records that they hold- I'd say it was pretty good value)

I was wondering whether anyone had purchased them before and whether there is anything I need to be aware of?

Apparently
https://www.my-history.co.uk/ sell the vouchers and they are sent out (wish that i could buy a 3 month subscription straight from the FMP website)

Many thanks,

I believe that FMP, GR and Scotlandspeople are all owned by the same company so i don't think there's any issue with mentioning FMP on this website. I wish Scotlandspeople did a subscription service lol

Yes, all owned by Bright Solid; and Beano etc :-)

No, I haven't, and our find my past subscription ran out recently and we didn't renew; but during our year in the site I gained so much valuable information
:-)

Have you thought about a 14 day free trial
:-) :-) :-)

Hi

I purchased two for presents recently, both arrived very quick, they are sent 1st Class Post and no problems with them.

Kind regards
Amanda

oooh I'd forgotten they owned the Beano. I can now mention Minnie the Minx without worrying that I'd be zapped....although I must remember not to mention Desperate dan as surely they must be competitors. ;-)

Thanks Joy :) I just can't justify spending all that money on a year's subscription at the moment when I've got access to Ancestry and have seemed to have come to a dead end there (apart from contacts) I thought the London electoral rolls may have given me a lead on my distant relations but unfortunately not a bean or should I say beano lol

I may be wrong but I can just imagine spending a few hours on FMP and then probably not using it for the rest of the time.

They still haven't got the wills & probate for Chester online either :( I have the will for my Cheshire ancestor - (there's only the 1 will) but I had hoped that I could copy it onto my computer as the paper copy I got from Chester is too big too scan!

Sorry i got distracted before I posted the reply.

Thanks Amanda :) That sounds promising.

Alas Joy, i think it doesn't cover the parish collections which is the only part I'm interested in.

I had thought of pay per view but thought that I'd end up spending as much as the 3 month subscription. I think the 3 month subscription is pretty reasonable for what I need.

I've been going a little mad today re genealogical buys - I'm sending off for 2 wills. (It could have easily been the whole set of siblings as wills are very rare in my family lol. The Cheshire find was the only find for a long time)

I've also sent off for some Scottish newspaper prints (it's cheaper than the rail fare up to Scotland & when I do visit there- I'd rather spend more time seeing the place than being stuck in a records office even though I do love record offices!!! lol)

http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/brightsolid-wins-scotlandspeople-tender/

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/about-findmypast/company-info
As well as findmypast.co.uk, brightsolid owns these other companies:

Findmypast Ireland

Findmypast Australia

Genes Reunited

1911census.co.uk

ancestorsonboard.com

Friends Reunited

Friends Reunited Dating

brightsolid also hosts scotlandspeople.gov.uk

yes, that's right Joan. I was a bit lazy in my writing.

i knew they didn't own the records as I used to use Scottish origins when they hosted the bmd for Scotland. Scotlandspeople then hosted the website and I know the Scotland will not release the original images to sites like FMP and Ancestry.

Thanks Joan :)

I love Scotlandspeople (& Scottish Origins before that). They were well ahead of their time. I just wish they did a subscription as there's so many more records that I'd like to see for real rather than use Ancestry subscription lol

For Cheshire parish records (incase you haven't seen it) there is the free Cheshire Parish Project site which I have found invaluable unfortunately not all areas are covered as yet however they are adding every so often so perhaps worth keeping a look out..

http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/

Also Cheshire wills are online..free to search..£4 each copy and £1 p&p for up to 4 wills. Usually posted within the week.

http://archivedatabases.cheshire.gov.uk/RecordOfficeWillEPayments/search.aspx

Linda

Thanks Linda, I've come across those sites before infact the wills online was the same database that they have in Chester Record office :)

They're both very useful sites. However, I like looking at the original documents on my computer hence the need for the subscription,

Thanks again, it's very kind to post the information for me :)