Genealogy Chat

Oh none came out will have to try another way!!!! David AT davejo(.)eclipse(.)co(.)uk annef1 AT tiscali(.)co(.)uk change the AT and spaces. If thois doesn't work send me an email and I will pass it on! By the way you dont need a microfiche for freecen, they can send you a CD (might have to wait because I think they are running out of the stock they had!)

From what I have been told they will give you what you need. So I dont think that is a problem. I will try to write out the contact addresses I have David(@)davejo(.)eclipse(.)co(.)uk ann_fish(@)tiscali(.)co(.)uk (doing Scotland) Take out the brackets.

But do we need the microfiche reader, a la FreeCEN? I don't mind helping out as long as I don't have to search the country for the right equipment.

I am on the mailing list for freeReg and posted a message to ask what was happening about the site as many people were thinking it was a no go. Some of the coordinators have added some messages, I'll post next. Free BMD and FreeCen wouldn't be able to help if it wasn't for VOLUNTEERS and a lot of US wouldn't have got where we are with our trees without them. FROM SOME of THE COORDINATORS MESSAGES...snips of the emails.. "From LDS on CD, the only county up and running is Worcestershire at present, it works a bit different to FreeCEN, (btw,I'm project manager there as well), if any one wants to do some for WOR again contact me We have a bit of work to do with other counties, but if folk want to go to Record offices and do it there, great, mail a coord, tell them, or tell me, fill the form in on FreeREG site Regards Dave ps spread the word where ever, quote me if you wish" "Myself and Michelle Jeffery mmjefferyATchilitech.net are to be the co-ordinators for the Scottish part of the project. At the moment we have permission (yet to come in writing) from the Scottish authorities to do the transcripts of the Old Parish Registers and have been promised the film from GSU as soon as all permissions are in order and we have all the film numbers. (I am feverishly doing these as we speak!!!) There should be more news in a week or two. By the way, if anyone else who subscribes to the site you have mentioned is interested, we will be looking for county co-ordinators soon. It will simply be a matter of keeping track of who has what and will not involve the procedures needed for the censuses as each record in the OPRs stands on its own - hope you understood that!" "You need not have parish records yourself - everything would be supplied by us, if you wanted to do some of the Scottish ones. I'm sure Dave would say the same for the English side. I know how much value these projects are for people who do not have access to the original records very easily and we are trying to get the Scotland one started as quickly as we can. " The emails are hard to work out, GC/GR dont allow them, you are welcome to email me and I will send them on. The mailing list address is, if I can get it right, http://www(.)british-genealogy(.)com/mailman/listinfo/freereg Worth while if you want to check up on how its going. Lets hope we can get some more help, we would all use the site and it doesn't happen over night. Thanks for reading, Jo.

Dare I ask? :) More or less as the other Free, BMD, CEN. They have got a lot of work ready but do need more help. Will post some messages below.