Genealogy Chat

Can't access it at the mmoment is it my computer or are they updating it? Thanks alot Kim

It is not just you Kim :-)

Hi - I just had a go and found my attempt hung at "waiting for Rootsweb" - presume they're either updating or overloaded (Bank Holiday). Christine

Can't get on freecen either. Not that it really matters; only wanted to see if there's any explanation of what's going on - I've been waiting for a cd for months now.

Ah well glad its not my computer then , just have to be patient! Kim

I use it all the time. I simply put Free BMD on the Google search engine. Only once or twice not got on to it. Ususally they say it depends on time or day. As it is such a busy site. Hilary.

So do I Hilary, only its not working for me today Kim

I had another go just now - It just isn't opening. Interestingly, the FreeBMD images page does open. It can't be Roostweb 'cos that opens OK. Interested to see that they have a Cemetery Photos (only genealogists! ;-) ) link now. Christine

You can get freebmd via ancestry. You have to register but it costs nothing. The info is displayed in a different way and you can't search for bride & groom at the same time when looking for marriages, but it is quicker than FreeBMD. nell

Thanks, Nell but that's what I want to trace a bride with groom. Still not to worry , find some others to do... Kim

Hi I had problems yesterday trying to get onto BMD, was starting to think problem was with my computer, so relieved to hear I was not the only one!! Obviously they must have taken it off or something?

Has anyone managed to access Free BMD yet, I can't get in at the moment. Ann Glos

Hi I, too, have found that Ancestry was a quicker way to search FreeBMD - but one day I noticed that they didn't have info that was on FreeBMD. Presumably they don't actually access the active FreeBMD database, but their own parallel copy - so may be a bit behind when FreeBMD gets updated. cheers Christine

i did get in yesterday but it kept saying server busy... Kim

im sure i read somewhere that hackers caused a fatal crash on their computers. brenda x

you can still get in on the images site http://images.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/choose.pl It's a bit long winded but its still free! Cheers Kim

I find the images site extremely aggravating as there is so much toing and froing. I wanted to put a search in for a marriage but not to worry ot can wait. Ann glos

Working OK now, for me anyway

Seems to be a problem there, when you try to access it at night, there is nothing!! perhaps they are updating or something??