SEARCH FOR FREE, YES FREE, ALL RECORDS ON FMP!

[dickiesam]

STOP PRESS!

From http://www.findmypast.co.uk/world-cup.j ... dCup120610

If you're not football mad, there is something else to do during the World Cup – make it your goal to research your family history.

You can view all the records* on findmypast for free during every England World Cup match – all you need to do is register.

How it works: 30 minutes before kick-off we'll stop charging for 3 hours, which should give you plenty of time to explore what we have to offer.

I bet they are betting England won't get far! Enjoy access while you can.
Dickiesam

PS: Note for MaryA.. could you repeat this across all the forums please?

[MaryA]

Beat you to it - you didn't check the Not Genealogy board first!

[dickiesam]

Hi Mary,
Yes indeed! You beat me to it.. All I can say is 1911 here I come!

Dickiesam

[MaryA]

Yes, I've filled in many of my own census updates from the indexes and where they haven't been part of the direct line I've been happy enough with that, but sometimes there's been a little question in my mind that something more could be found by viewing the original, so I think this might be the time to double check on everything.

[colette]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Only just come in and had 5 emails telling me Good Stuff find my Meyricks here i come ..

xx

[Blue70]

Fantastic. I'll start watching the match one minute before kick off, get back on FMP at half time and then back again after the final whistle

Blue

[Tina]

I'll have to be up with the sparrows

The replays start at 6am which I'll watch as I won't know the score.

Edit 4.30 am in the West..of the last game e.g. Eng v USA

Tina

[Hilary]

Much to my disgust as a member of find my past I cannot even get the site - I presume it's either crashed, given up or is just too busy.

Hope some of you managed to get on.

Hilary
Ed Officer

[dickiesam]

Much to my disgust as a member of find my past I cannot even get the site - I presume it's either crashed, given up or is just too busy.

Hope some of you managed to get on.

Hilary
Ed Officer

Hi Hilary,
Not crashed! Just very very slow to connect and download. Have to say I am surprised to be able to get through though. Their servers must be getting pretty warm by now. You may have better luck after kick-off!
Dickiesam

[Katie]

Same here I thought you would be able to do it through their sister site but they want payment.

[germaine cowell]

So slow it is painful looks like more people using it than watching the match.
Last try and it crashed.
Oh WOW a England are quicker a goal already
Germaine
x

[yappie]

Hi All
You are lucky if your have managed to get on the site - I keep getting re-directed
Yappie

[simone]

[Katie]

I give up Grrr I get to a diiferent stage each time and it crashes. I'm off to Tesco

[bigmamma]

made my daughter change her night out from tomorrow to tonight so I could get on the comp and fmp. Son-in-law not a happy chappie as made him miss the match (But he knows whats good for him....keeping the mother in law happy!!!hehe) and B**** can I get on!!!! So much for special offers! What is it they say "You get nowt for nowt!"

[Scully]

I still can't view any information.
It says Welcome Tracey then when I input the info I'm looking for & it finds it then I click on view, it asks me to register.
I've sent them an e-mail but no reply as yet.
Best wishes & good luck to everyone still trying.
Tracey.

[Hilary]

I cannot even get onto the site and am now getting

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@findmypast.co.uk and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


I have copied and pasted the message and sent it to their webmaster and said that I trusted that people with subscriptions will be able to use the site tomorrow.


Hilary
Ed Officer

I've just tried again and got on no problem couild they have read my email that quick?

And another edit - I spelt webmaster wrong so it came back but I can get on the site now!!!!!

[MaryA]

Well I suppose you can all blame it on me, I watched a film while downloading and although I've never seen a site as slow and had to retry every entry quite a few times, I did successfully download quite a number of images that I've only got the information from the index in the past.

Hoping that the extra detail, such as length of marriage, number of children, address and especially relationships to some people who had confused me, is all worth it.

Patience!

and I'm not sorry about it, whoever turns down something for nothing?

[Blue70]

I got quite a few records but it was really hard work because it kept pausing or crashing. I had to go back or refresh again and again. I only got the original images and left the household transcripts for another time. I planned to look at a lot of parish records but only managed a few they will have to wait until the next game. FMP owe me these records for all the errors I've reported in the past without getting any credits back.

Blue

[Hilary]

I wonder if they'll withdraw the offer?

Hilary
Ed Officer