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Yes you can do this on other sites including freebmd...which doesn't cost you a penny......but if I want to know who Louisa Emma Taylor married in 1882 it will not give you any clues on GR...but will cost 5 credits for nothing

When searching for a marriage on FMP you can still put in the names of 2 people you think might have married each other ;-)

Hmmm. Might like to hear a persuasive argument for me to renew my Platinum membership :-(

I really don't think you understand what the problem is?

Do the team use GR records for their research? if they do they wouldn't get very far now would they?

This is something that has been removed.....not something that has never been there

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Shelley

As I have said on the other threads about this....it is all well and good saying you use Freebmd, but you need to be told about it first.

When I first joined in 2010 I had a gold membership and it took me a few months to work out what people were saying, when they said why don't you use freebmd?....we didn't have the Hyperlinks as we have now and I didn't know how to copy the url

There must be many people who have signed up to Genes and just bought credits, never using the boards, that think it is the norm not to find a choice of spouse when looking for a marriage....or maybe GR are inundated with complaints about it?

Has GR offered a reduction in the subs to cover this withdrawn part of the service?


Thought not :-\

It does seem odd that GR have made this decision, when the records they show are those from the FreeBMD website.

But I have always used FreeBMD.

That's very informative Sylvia :-) :-)

That was the method that I used with GR before they changed things!! :-|

A phrase comes to mind.....IF IT'S NOT BROKEN-DON'T FIX IT! :-| :-| :-D

what do you mean ......... too early to see the spouse??

If you click on the page number at the end of a freebmd marriage, it opens up the names of other people.

there could only be 2 names, usually 4, occasionally 6 or 8.

BUT what you do then is go to the next census after the marriage and see if you can link up 2 of the names.

For example, looking for the marriage of Dyson Whiteley approximately 1890-95 gives the following ...............



Marriages Mar 1893 (>99%)

Whiteley Dyson Oldham 8d 590


clicking on 590 shows this ....................


Marriages Mar 1893 (>99%)
Buckwright Sarah Hannah Oldham 8d 590
Cadd Albert Edward Oldham 8d 590
McBride Mary Jane Oldham 8d 590
Whiteley Dyson Oldham 8d 590


Checking the 1901 Census shows ..............

Name: Dyson Whiteley
Age: 52
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary G Whiteley
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Oldham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England


Looking at the image shows that Mary G has been mistranscribed, it actually shows as Mary J


Thus, we have the married couple.

I have some rellies, born in Scotland, who moved to Northumberland.... I can find their children's names (possibly) for marriages, but the year is too early to see the spouse :-(

Ah well, doesn't matter......... I have thousands of rellies in Utah to look for :-D

England and Wales :-)

As far as I know, Freebmd only covers England.......... true?

of course they didn't!

Thankyou everyone :-) :-)

I have just found the Marriage of my 2x Great Grandparents in Berkhampstead in March 1861 on freebmd! GR have never had this! :-) :-)

as everyone says, this has been noted as a problem on GR for several weeks, or even months


But .............. I've never used GR records, so what do I know? :-)


Freebmd is wonderful for all records from July 1 1837 to approximately 1966.

Excellent. Thank you very much Roy, I will do that! :-) :-) :-)

Glad to help, When you get some time it's worth exploring Freebmd's they have loads of other resources to help, start by clicking on the "Advanced Facilities"

Also click on the link at the top of the page in red that says freeBMD or "Main page" under where it says Advanced Facilities

Roy

AND ROY :-) :-) :-)

BINGO----BRILLIANT!!!!!

THANKS JAX :-) :-) :-)