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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4 011 Send Message	Kate	Report	19 Aug 2005 22:50
	Just been on FreeBMD and it says: The FreeBMD Database was last updated on Fri 19 Aug 2005 and currently contains 105,924,873 distinct records (128,716,618 total records). Going back there now!! Kate.
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2 267 Send Message	Heather	Report	19 Aug 2005 23:00
	Thanks Kate. Heather
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1 270 Send Message	Jan	Report	20 Aug 2005 01:14
	I noticed too that lots more info been updated but also that a lot of it has reference numbers missing - lots of * * [ ] etc Jan xx
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 867 Send Message	TinaTheCheshirePussyCat	Report	20 Aug 2005 08:20
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 867 Send Message	Yes, I noticed lots of [] as well. What's more, if you look at the scan of the original, the number is in some cases quite easily readable! Are they overworking their transcribers? Or perhaps I am hallucinating - we shall see when the certificate I have ordered from an 'unreadable' number arrives - or doesn't, if you follow me. Tina
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 8 336 Send Message	Germaine	Report	20 Aug 2005 08:48
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 8 336 Send Message	Thanks Going to have look now. Germaine x