Has anybody seen or heard anything about when ancestry is planning to add the searchable by person deaths?
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There is no time scale given on the Ancestry web site which says:
Death Indexes 1837-1983
We’re still in the process of transcribing deaths between 1916 and 1983 – and these will be available as soon as we’re finished. But at the moment your search result for these years will show you the relevant index page. Once you’ve opened the image you can then scroll down and look for your ancestor’s name on the page.
For some reason I was under the impression that they had said they would be released late 2009 or early 2010 ... but I can´t remember where I read that!Elaine
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Found it...
So Ancestry has taken the bold step of commissioning an "every name" transcript of all GRO indexes from 1916 – 2005. Births and Marriages are already online and the index of deaths for the same period will be ready to search by the end of 2009. The transcribed Birth index took 400,000 man-hours (that’s 187 years!) to transcribe and has added almost 62.8 million extra records to the 71 million already made available through the partnership with FreeBMD. And Ancestry is the only place on the internet where they’re available all in one place and fully searchable by name.
... so hopefully not long to wait!! :Wink:Elaine
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We know what we'll all be doing on Christmas day then, don't we....searching the Ancestry records!:Big Grin:
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Originally posted by Helen Smith Too View PostWe know what we'll all be doing on Christmas day then, don't we....searching the Ancestry records!:Big Grin:Elaine
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I've persuaded my parentsto by me some parish record CDs for Christmas. I'll be going stir crazy by teatime!
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