The FreeBMD Database was updated on Thursday 7 July 2016 and to contain 255,380,047 (254,833,607) distinct records.
Years with major updates, more than 5,000 new entries, are for births: 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976 - 78; for marriages: 1965 - 66, 1968 - 69, 1971, 1976 - 79; for deaths: 1974 - 75. 1977 - 79.
Thanks to all FreeBMD volunteers for their contributions.
My first years of volunteer transcribing was with freeBMD. I learned a great deal of the reasons for errors, and learned much more about England, as well. Helped me in my research immensely.
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