FreeBMD

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FreeBMD

• England Wales coverage
• BMD 1837-1910 (-1983)
• Hundreds of volunteers
• 90,000,000 entries so far
• Indexes only certificates still manual
• http//freebmd.rootsweb.com/

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The IT revolution

• Managing data
• Programs for keeping records
• Accessing public records
• CD-ROMs on-line
• Communicating
• WWW sites email

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Internet

• General resources
• Society of Genealogists and other FHSs
• Cyndi's list (portal with 240,000 indexed
  links!!) www.cyndislist.com
• Family trees
• Family search website (LDS Church)
• Genes Reunited website (UK)
• Contextual information
• Maps www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/
• Surname-based sites
• Individual emails
• exchange information records

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