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Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 28 Send Message	Kathleen	Report	4 Nov 2009 16:37
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 28 Send Message	One more question is freeBMD the same as Familysearch. I just pulled up familysearch and put in Charlotte Cator using that spelling and put in the marrieage as 1869 and it showed nothing maybe I need a lesson on how to use this site, how do you find anything? Help Please Kathy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	4 Nov 2009 16:43
	No, familysearch and freebmd are two different sites. familysearch is best for looking up bmds before 1837 (England and Wales) and 1855 (Scotland). It has transcribed parish records. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ freebmd is a site where volunteers are transcribing the birth, marriage and death indexes for England and Wales from 1837. It is reasonably complete up until 1920s/30s and is added to monthly. It has a very good search engine. If you use the Advance Search on this site, and put Jonesey is as the Author, he/she had posted a series of tips for beginners that you may find helpful.
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 28 Send Message	Kathleen	Report	4 Nov 2009 16:50
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 28 Send Message	Potty, Thank you so much. I thought I had been looking up free BMD all this time. It pays to ask! Kathy