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FreeBMD is a website which coordinates and provides free transcriptions of the indexes to births, marriages and deaths (BMD) registrations held by the General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO). It also provides a free search function and online access to images of the pages of the BMD indexes. The website was founded in 1998.
In 2007, FreeBMD was awarded the Prince Michael of Kent Award by the Society of Genealogists. [14] The same year, The Guardian selected FreeBMD as one of the 50 best family history websites. [15] Family Tree Magazine named Free UK Genealogy among the 101 Best websites for British & Irish Genealogy in 2016. [16]
In 1965, a small group of professional genealogists and probate researchers called themselves "Title Research". They did much of their research using microfiche records. In 2001, Title Research started an in-house project, called "1837 online", to produce a computerised version of the birth, marriage and death register pages of the General Register Office (GRO), and the following year began ...
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The previous home of the Society of Genealogists in Charterhouse Buildings off Goswell Road, London. The emphasis is on British, British Empire and Commonwealth sources, but the Society has some sources for most parts of the world. The Society's Internet suite offers free access to major genealogical websites including Ancestry and Findmypast.
Surtees maternal grandfather, Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall.. Surtees was born in South Bailey, Durham on 1 April 1779. He was the only surviving child of Dorothy Surtees (d. 1797) and Robert Surtees of Mainsforth (d. 1802), who were first cousins.
Facing the title page is this: Oh, put me in touch with the heart of boy, Let me study his doubts and fears. Oh, let me show him the way of Life, And help him avoid his tears. For the heart of a boy in its buoyancy, Is a heart that is pure and free. Oh, put me in touch with the heart of boy, The heart of a man to be
Derek Michael Coombs (12 August 1931 – 30 December 2014) [1] was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 1970 to 1974, [2] he won a marginal seat which was later recovered by Labour's Sydney Tierney.