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   Jenny M Benson to All   
   LDS Image Collection   
   19 Apr 20 09:55:27   
   
   From: NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   I just opened Family Search to look for a Baptism record and paused to   
   read the message at the top of the screen about Covid-19 and the closure   
   of Family History Centres and it included an invitation to browse their   
   unindexed collection images.  I was side-tracked, followed the link and   
   entered Birkenhead as a pace to search as I and so many members of my   
   family are from there.   
      
   Wow!  I was immediately presented with 28 groups of records which   
   include Cemetery Records, Tax Records, Voting Registers, Church Records   
   ...   
      
   I have only had time so far to glance at a few images, but I have seen   
   Cemetery Records for Flaybrick Hill, Land Tax Records dating back to   
   King George III and Baptism Records for St James's Church which include   
   the names of Godparents!   
      
   Yes, it's a pain having to trawl through scores of images to find the   
   precise one you want, but it's well worth it!  And many of us have   
   plenty of time on our hands at the moment!   
      
   --   
   Jenny M Benson   
   Wrexham, UK   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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