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Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 12:11

i am trying to find a death entry on here but in jan feb march 1932 the page is unreadable - is there anywhere else i can look just to make sure i haven't missed anything?? thanks

FamilyFogey

FamilyFogey Report 3 May 2007 12:16

You could try findmypast(.)com - but you will have to puchase units to view it.

Honey

Honey Report 3 May 2007 12:26

Have you tried freebmd? If you post the details on here people will help you find the record ...

Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 12:38

hi honey whats free bmd??

Honey

Honey Report 3 May 2007 12:41

Free access to Birth Marriage & Death records http://freebmd.org.uk/ Not sure whether they are as good as Ancestry though as I use Ancestry usually, but worth a try?

Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 12:53

thankyou

Belle Ringer

Belle Ringer Report 3 May 2007 13:04

Hi Paul, The freeBMD website supplies Ancestry with the BMD transcriptions, so the transcribed indexes on Ancestry can also be found on freeBMD. This doesn't always work the other way round, as there is a time lag between freeBMD issuing its latest batch of transcriptions and Ancestry updating theirs. The images on the freeBMD website are generally not as good as the ones on Ancestry, hence the sprinkling of mis-transcriptions which appear, but you might be lucky. If you post the details, I'm happy to look on findmypast for you as I have a subscription. It is not infallible, but sometimes it can be better than Ancestry. :-) Chris

Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 14:32

hi chris thank you have sent you a message but just incas eyou don't receive i am looking for a JOHN R MILLINGS BORN IN BOSTON LINCOLNSHIRE 1899 (have found this entry) but as i can't find out any thing else have trawled through deaths until 1932 and then can't read this page. have coninued to get to 1950 with no result. hope you can find something thanks again paul

Belle Ringer

Belle Ringer Report 3 May 2007 15:06

Hi Paul, There is nothing for the first name you're after on the Deaths for Mar quarter of 1932. The only entry for Millings, is Esther aged 81 who died in Leeds North. Can you just check, is it definitely Jan-Feb-Mar 1932 which you can't read as it seems to be a very clear image on Ancestry, and findmypast too. Could be a glitch with different computers though. :-) Chris

Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 15:18

sorry chris!! it was jan 1931 not 1932 -i haave brain freeze looking at all these images

Belle Ringer

Belle Ringer Report 3 May 2007 16:05

No problem, Paul, I know what it's like! I've checked the Mar Q deaths for 1931 - it's not too bad down that bottom corner on findmypast - and there is no-one called Millings on that page. It goes from Millinger, Ellen E, to Millington, Albert. Chris

Paul

Paul Report 3 May 2007 19:53

thanks chris i will continue with my search then