Family Historian User Group

Goodness, Nick: thanks for that! I had no idea Ancestry had that data, because when you put in a name on their front page it just takes you to the FreeBMD stuff. However, 1837 is more searchable, because it takes you to the page(s) that has the surname you want, whereas Ancestry just takes you to th...

The big plus for me with 1837 is that it DOES have 20th century BMDs - Ancestry (and FreeBMD) haven't got very far through the 20th century at all. Yes, it's tedious looking through the quarterly lists for people if you don't have an approximate date - but having the subscription at least means it's...

Scottish death certificates are more informative still (and cheaper - you can buy a printout online). You get name, occupation, marital status and name/occupation of spouse; date, time and place of death, plus 'usual residence' if appropriate; sex; age; name and occupation of father, name and maiden...