Neil Dun's 'FreeBMD' Church Cross-reference for Marriages.

Neil Dun and Derek Allen have been analysing the data on the FreeBMD web site (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/).  Many members and visitors to our research room have already found this index to be a helpful aid in locating marriages at churches in Bristol and surrounding districts.  You can use this index to look up the FreeBMD reference for a marriage and there is a high probability that it will identify the church.  This can save you time and money if you live in the Bristol area (or maybe you can ask someone to do a 'look-up' for you) because you can then visit the Bristol records office and search for it up there.

 To access the data, visit Neil's own website at www.bristolbmd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

25/9/2008: The latest progress report from Neil is given below:

As the mainstream church marriage index has been done for the Bristol area up to 1912, we have expanded to the area covered.

Using internet resources we have been indexing marriages from other registration district.

Most notably these are the Somerset and Monmouth, as a few sites which I’m sure you are aware of have sprung up with very comprehensive data.

Neil's mum (Lesley Sutton) has also been busy working through the non conformists, recording each marriage and the associated GRO reference.  On the site there is now an index of nearly 1,500 non conformist marriages along with the chapel they occurred at.

Neil adds "As we (or rather my mother) get through all the chapels, people visiting the site will be quickly able to determine if the marriage they want is available at the BRO or not".

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Next visit to the Records Office at Kew

On Thursday 16th April 2009 there will be a visit to the Records Office at Kew.  Cost £15.  There will be pick-up points - at Anchor Road at 7.15 a.m. and at Eastgate Centre (outside Tesco) at 7.30 a.m. and in addition the coach will go via Bath and pick up at the Riverside Coach park at 8.00 a.m.

Seats must be reserved by writing to Alan Strong, 62 Karen Drive, Backwell, BS48 3JS or by phoning 01275 462238 or by Email: alanstrong@talktalk.net

Please let Alan have your name, address, telephone number and the pick up point where you will join the coach.

Trip to Who Do You Think You Are Exhibition on 28/2/09

We are also planning a coach to the Who Do You Think You Are Family History Event to be held at Olympia in London over three days, 27 February to 1 March 2009, Time: 10am-5pm.  The cost will be £23 which includes the admission ticket. Our coach will run on Saturday 28th February departing from Anchor Road at 7.15 a.m., Eastgate shopping centre 7.30 a.m. and also Riverside Coach Park, Bath at 8.00 a.m.

Seats must be reserved by writing to Alan Strong, 62 Karen Drive, Backwell, BS48 3JS or by phoning 01275 462238 or by Email: alanstrong@talktalk.net

Please let Alan have your name, address, telephone number and the pick up point where you will join the coach.

 

The Family History Event

Sunday 3rd May 2009
10am to 5pm

@ the Barbican Centre, Exhibition Hall 2,
Golden Lane, London EC2Y 8DL

Visitors Tickets: £8, Group bookings 9+: £7

Societies, Stands, lectures and lots more.  Sponsored by findmypast.com

Further information available from: PO Box 2420, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3DX

 email: mail@theFHevent.info

phone: Sandy 0844-478-0410

Website: www.theFHevent.info

This is a non profit making event organised by Fair Promotions Ltd, Family History Society members for Family History Societies & associated groups.