From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:08:00 -0400, knuttle   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 4/19/2020 4:55 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   >> 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!   
   >>   
   >You have discovered a gold mine.  I have spent many hours in these   
   >records.  Most are always free, if they have been digitized.   
   >   
   >They can also be accessed at   
   >   
   >https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list/   
      
     Thank you. That is very nice.   
      
                                                              J.   
      
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