Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I'm about to resume my family research after a very long break. After
> starting in Nov 2005, I subscribed to several services such as
> Ancestry, BMD, findmypast.com and 1837Online. I let these lapse in
> 2006.
>
> I appreciate that it's a partly subjective matter, but to help me
> decide which service(s) to re-join, I'd appreciate recommendations
> please. I don't suppose there's consensus on the best value, but what
> about 'the most comprehensive single service'?
>
> Is there in fact a case to be made for using entirely *free* services?
> These seemed to be coming on fast by the time my activity finished
> around Feb 2006, so perhaps there are now enough to cover all the
> censuses and other major sources?
>
> Any advice would be greatly welcomed please.
>
>
It really depends on where you left off and what you are looking for.
Do you want access to census transcriptions and images ? In which case,
both ancestry and findmypast (formerly 1837online) have them. Findmypast
have passenger lists from the UK, ancestry have many other databases
which may/may not be useful to you.
Do you want access to GRO indexes ? Again, ancestry or findmypast.
Do you want to be able to do name searches on (incomplete but rapidly
increasing) transcriptions of GRO indexes ? Try FreeBMD, which won't
cost you anything.
Try this
http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/
for a comprehensive overview...or Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com/uksites.htm
Many parish registers are being transcribed and published on the
Internet - some are free, some are not. Again, it depends on what you
are looking for.
Google might be your friend! Genuki certainly will be.
--
Anne Chambers,
South Australia
anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com
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