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NBI - how does it work?

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Margaret

Margaret Report 12 Jun 2007 14:59

I've just checked the coverage of the NBI. I'm looking for a particular Church. It states that there are 4,702 entries from 1662 - 1960. Does that mean, therefore, that everyone buried in that Churchyard (during that period) is on the NBI? Also, does the NBI list the entries by name or cemetery or both? Thankyou, M. Steer

Clive

Clive Report 12 Jun 2007 15:40

NBI is a transcription by volunteers of parish/community burial registers. The volunteers are (I think) members of the local Family History Society. How well a county is covered depends on how many voulnteers and how active they are in that particular county. You first have to select a date range - and load the required CD into the PC. It helps if you can add the county (at least) and then the name. It is effective and easy to use where there is coverage. There is a lot of the country with little or no coverage. Clive

Margaret

Margaret Report 12 Jun 2007 16:06

Clive, thankyou for your reply. I don't think I explained myself very well in original message. I don't have a CD of the NBI, so wasn't asking what to do with it. I'm trying to find a grave. I've contacted the Council for the particular area and they have no record of him, they suggested that he may have been buried in a Churchyard (as opposed to a Municipal Cemetery) and gave me the name of the Church. This particular Church is on the NBI for the years 1662-1960. So presumably, if my relative was buried there, he would be on the NBI. Hope this makes a bit more sense. M. Steer

Clive

Clive Report 12 Jun 2007 16:12

Please quote a full name and date with other details as available and a look can be made. That is if GR functions!! Clive

Sam

Sam Report 12 Jun 2007 16:21

Hi Margaret The NBI is available online through familyhistoryonline website, although you do need credits. I have some if you would like me to look anyone up for you. Sam x

Margaret

Margaret Report 12 Jun 2007 16:22

Sam and Clive, thanks. Leonard John Saywell, died 22.12.1910 (aged 20 months). Pontarddulais, Llandilo Talybont, Glamorgan. Registration District: Swansea. Sub District: Llandilo Talybont. Death registered 27.12.1910. M. Steer

Margaret

Margaret Report 13 Jun 2007 10:41

Thanks for looking Sarah. Another name to add to my growing list of 'lost souls'. M. Steer