Federation of Family History Societies

[michaelpipe]

The Federation of Family History Societies "Familyhistoryonline" website, where there is a wealth of information, (marriage indices, birth indices etc) that I for one use regularly, has now become the next victim of Brightsolid / Findmypast.

Quote:
The current service will close at noon on 2nd March 2009 when all of the data that can be transferred will be available on findmypast.com ..... etc etc.

I for one will be looking for other alternatives.

[michaelpipe]

Didn't know that - must have been asleep then!!

[Ladkyis]

That's what happens when you buy a coat of arms and start to believe all the hype you wrote about how wonderful you are.
They have increased the capitation fee they charge to Family history Societies because they are so short of money and they intend to put it up again and again every year to "bring it into line with inflation" or something. There are a lot of the larger societies who are really going to suffer because of this and some of them are seriously considering pulling out of the federation - this would, in my opinion, signal the deathknell of the fed because they would put up the fee for the remaining societies who would also pull out.
I think that at some point they just forgot why they were there and what they were supposed to be for. This was around the time that making money seemed to become the aim of a lot of societies.
I hope something can be done but I doubt that the federation will stay in its present form.

[v.wells]

Didn't know that - must have been asleep then!!

Huh, I just glanced thru their e-zine this morning and didn't see that bit either.

[Pam Downes]

Didn't know that - must have been asleep then!!

There's been a quite a large box on the right-hand side of the home page of familyhistoryonline for months, saying that the data is being transferred to findmypast.
Actually I might have a final five-quids-worth to just check on those odd data sets which can't be transferred to fmp.
Pam

[SBSFamilyhistory]

Does this transfer will mean that you won't even be able to access the freebe stuff on there or just the ppv..?

Sue

[michaelpipe]

There's been a quite a large box on the right-hand side of the home page of familyhistoryonline for months, saying that the data is being transferred to findmypast.
Actually I might have a final five-quids-worth to just check on those odd data sets which can't be transferred to fmp.
Pam

My shortcut went straight to the search, never went to the home page.

[flounder]

I forgot i had credits with them til i got the mail this morning lol

[lesleys]

Me too -all 31p, how exciting I shall have a spending spree!

[Pam Downes]

Me too -all 31p, how exciting I shall have a spending spree!

And you never know what little gem(s) you might find.
I remember doing a blanket search for one surname and finding burial dates and plot numbers in a very large cemetery for two people who had died when quite young. Saved me going when looking on later censuses for the family.
Pam