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	Save money - Don’t order that marriage certificate until you have read this	Ever searched for a Marriage and thought – you have the surname and the spouse name but you have no idea of the year, quarter or district and found yourself browsing through all the records trying to find that elusive marriage. Or, you have the surname and spouse name as well as the district but still have been unable to find the entries. Well - the answer is simple the - Booster Marriage will search over 150 million records and find those entries that match the criteria for you in a matter of seconds. So no more browsing through dozens of images. Try searching for the marriage of Charles Chaplin and Hill (Spouse) and immediately an entry appears, without knowing the year or quarter – it is of course 1885 and the district of St. Saviour Southwark The Booster Marriage is available for 1866 to 1920. The cost for using the new Booster Marriage search facility is 2 units For more information please visit the Site Tour
A new search feature that searches the marriage of two individuals who share the same information. The Marriages between 1837 and 1911 list only the Surnames, Forenames and Districts of those individuals getting married. Familyrelatives.org has developed a Marriage Match search facility in order to help its members locate those individuals who share similar information. Let us assume for example that we are looking for Charlie Chaplin’s parents. First of all we learn that his father was also called Charles Chaplin. Furthermore we know that his parents were married in 1885 and his mother’s name was Hannah although we do not know her surname. So we search for Charles Chaplin in the period (1866 to 1911) during which the marriage took place to discover the match. By pressing the marriage “Match”, we are presented with the options. In this case there are four possibilities with common criteria, obviously Charles Chaplin is one of those. Immediately we can eliminate William Henry Bottle which leaves us with the remaining two who happen to be Charlotte Collins and Hannah Harriet Hill. As we know that Charlie Chaplin’s mother was called Hannah we have established our match. Hannah Harriet Hill, St Saviour Southward.1d Page 325 Marriage – Quarter 2, 1885 The Marriage Match is available for 1866 to 1920 and 1984 to 2004. The cost for using the new Marriage match search facility is 2 units For more information please visit the Site Tour


		We are delighted to announce the addition of the Birth, Marriage and Death index records for the period 1837-1865. This extends the coverage of all indexed records from 1837 to 2004, which are all the records currently available. We have made the records 1837 - 1865 available on a Surname and Forename range search. Familyrelatives.org have transcribed over 150 million records and offer the largest fully searchable database for Births, Marriages and Deaths Indexes for England & Wales available online. To find out how to search these records click on the following link;



In line with the positive feedback of our members we are please to be able to extend the period for which units can be used. All units last for a minimum of 90 days which is 3 times longer than before. We realise that family historians are away on holidays or otherwise busy, so now you have much more time to go back to your genealogy. Also remember that MyAccount saves all your searches automatically for up to 3 months. Should you choose to spend £25.00 or more, all units are valid for 180 days - that’s a full six months to give you plenty of time to carry out your research.		We believe in offering our members excellent value for money. We have therefore simplified our pricing. All our greyscale images cost 1 unit to view. That is better quality images for less money. No other website offers you greyscale images at such a great price.


We have simplified not only our pricing but our members get better value and compared to our competitors we fare pretty well. For latest pricing please visit: This makes familyrelatives.org one of the best value for money websites for Civil Registrations available anywhere.		A feature unique to Familyrelatives.org is “MySearches”. We realise that many of our members do not always have the time to save all their searches so we do it for you. All your searches for the previous 3 months or 90 days can be viewed at any time simply by going to “MySearches” and there you will find all your previous searches. What’s more you can view any previously viewed search free of charge. Even better you can sort your search results by Event, Year, Date searched etc. No other website allows you to do this.


Many of our members have asked us to explain the difference between Greyscale and Black and White. First the technical part: The main differences are that Black and White images are scanned in bitonal i.e. either Black or White and therefore they are scanned in 2 bits. Greyscale images however, are scanned at 256 levels of grey from white through the range to black therefore there are 256 shades of grey. Greyscale is also scanned at 8 bits as compared with 2 bits for Black and White. The Difference in Practical terms The important difference between Greyscale and Black and White is one of quality. Greyscale provides much clearer definition particularly on older records and captures more data. The downside is that the image filesizes are larger than Black and White but we have compressed these for you to view. Therefore if you are viewing a handwritten document it is generally better to view it in greyscale. The example below shows the difference in real terms. On the left is a sample of a Black and White image on the right is a sample of a Greyscale image. It is clear to see that the right hand image in Greyscale provides much better definition to the image and therefore makes it easier to read. It gets better. You can view a greyscale image in Black and White but you cannot upgrade an image that is Black and White to Greyscale. To see how you can view a greyscale image in Black and White click here
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Promotional Offer Code window on the Payment Page No doubt some of you will have noticed that there are two new boxes on the Select units payment window page. These are for Special Offers and the Sale of Vouchers. The Special Offers will be made available from time to time. Watch out for these in publications and email offers.		We appreciate that many of you enjoy familyrelatives.org and have found it helpful for your family history research and would like to recommend it to a friend. If so, please complete the form and your friend will receive an email message explaining what Familyrelatives.org is all about. You can use this form to let as many friends as you like to know about us. The “Recommend this website to a friend” form can be found on the Familyrelatives.org website once you have logged in on the Welcome page.


Many of our members have asked where they can obtain Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates. We have placed a link to the General Register Office website which allows you to order a Certificate directly from their website. Please note that we cannot be responsible for the content of third party websites. The GRO website link can be found on the Familyrelatives.org website at; and once you have logged in on the Welcome page.		If you have found the website useful and discovered your ancestors, we would love to hear about your success stories. If you are happy for people to read your stories or comments please let us know how the familyrelatives.org has been useful to you. The Success Story form can be found on the Familyrelatives.org website once you have logged in on the “Welcome” page.


TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR UNPRECEDENTED SEARCH FACILITIES Are you tired of trawling through dozens of pages for 1866-1920? Not finding the results you were hoping? Research taking days on end and taking too long? Are you at a dead end? Familyrelatives.org is the only website that allows you to fully search records from 1866-1920. Interested in Births - then Search by Surname, Forename, Districts, Area, Years, Quarters, Mother's Maiden Name, Interested in Marriages - then Search by Surname, Forename, Districts, Area, Years, Quarters, Spouse surname, as well as using our unique Marriage Match and Marriage Booster search facility. Interested in Deaths - then not only can you search by surname, forename, Districts, area, years, quarters, but also by Age at Death with a variation facility. No other website offers all these comprehensive searching facilities for so much data. A quick example: Searching for the death of Joseph Murray between 1890 and 1900, but you do not know the exact date of death - other than it took place in Carlisle. With other websites you will search for Joseph Murray but with only one option. You browse every year and every quarter - you are presented with: 4 pages per quarter x 10 years = 40 pages at 40 units at 10 pence per unit. Actual spend £4.00 By comparison Familyrelatives.org Allows you to type Joseph Murray – select the district i.e.: Carlisle and the following 4 results appear at a cost of 2 units. That is a saving of 38 units or £3.80 No, Surname, Forename1, Forename2, Forename3, AAD, District, Page No, Event, Quarter, Year, View Image 1, Murray, Joseph, William, , 0, Carlisle.10b, 191, Death, 4, 1891, 2, Murray, Joseph, , , 2, Carlisle.10b, 407, Death, 4, 1891, 3, Murray, Joseph, Wyper, , 55, Carlisle.10b, 319, Death, 2, 1892, 4, Murray, Joseph, , , 90, Carlisle.10b, 339, Death, 1, 1897, Familyrelatives.org can save you 95% over other websites. Familyrelatives.org has a number of offers including an offer of 7.5 pence per unit when purchasing £12.00 or $18.00, which is a cost of 15 pence or 22.5 cents for a search. * Date ranges apply



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