Web Site Lists British Births, Deaths, Marriages -- But You'll Pay

If you're looking for information on British war dead and you don't mind filling out a somewhat snarky registration and paying some moolah, you might be interested in the Web site 1837Online ( http://www.1837online.com ).

(How is the registration snarky? Because you have to tick a box if you DON'T want a newsletter. Why do sites do this? You may gain subscribers to a newsletter but you lose gutbuckets of goodwill and credibility. Now every time I have to fill out a form on this site I will regard it very suspiciously. Is that what they want?)

Anyway, back to the site. Once you've registered you can start searching. Searching is divided into 1837-1983, 1984-Present, and Overseas. Pick a time period (or place) and you can search births, deaths, or marriages. You can narrow your search by date and by specifying the first three letters of a surname. I searched for WOD births, 1850-1900.

I got a list of search results which showed the quarter, the year, and the number of pages. However I couldn't view the page results until I bought "units". Units are cheap (£5 for 55 units, and they get cheaper as you buy more) and it doesn't look like you'll be able to pinpoint what you're looking for, view it, or print it, until you buy some.

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