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Daisy

Daisy Report 13 May 2005 13:55

Hi, I have just noticed that Free BMD have a new facility allowing you to view the scanned image of an entry. Unfortunatly I am not able to do this at the moment as I am not able to download on my work PC. Have anyone tried this facility yet and is it useful? Daisy

Bill

Bill Report 13 May 2005 14:18

> is it useful? Well, if you find looking at an image of an index interesting, maybe. In all the ones I've checked, the 'original' index contains no different infromation from that displayed in the FreeBDM data entry. Perhaps when there are significant numbers of marriage indexes viewable, it might be more useful. Cheers, Bill Sydney, Australia

Paul

Paul Report 13 May 2005 15:04

The facility to view the images has been in place for a time now, and it can be useful for cross-checking GRO references. Some of the images are of poor quality through no fault of FreeBMD, it is just the way they are. Paul

Jane

Jane Report 15 May 2005 10:08

I had a look an early birth entry for an ancestor and Congratulations to all the enumerators . How on earth they can read what look a series of straight lines? Jane

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 15 May 2005 12:14

I was at the FRC yesterday, looking at the birth indexes for 1840. For records that have seen (presumably) over 160 years wear and tear, they are in pretty good shape. However, the style of writing does make reading it difficult. As the ink has faded, it is a challenge and a half. The only consolation is that it has not been typed, with the inevitable introduction of additional errors. It is undoubtedly useful to be able to see the images on frebmd. The unlikely Reseigh was correctly transcribed. It cannot, in any case, be very long before everything is re-indexed by the GRO, which should prove interesting.