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Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
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    #122
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I had known about that service but forgotten it. I will look into that. A little help goes a long way.


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    #123
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    MYOB wrote: »
    Always worth putting them up here just in case someone has use for them: http://www.certificate-exchange.co.uk/

    Perhaps there isn't the traffic to warrant it but does anyone think we should have a thread here for unwanted certs and stuff?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #124
    googled eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭googled eyes


    Hermy wrote: »
    Perhaps there isn't the traffic to warrant it but does anyone think we should have a thread here for unwanted certs and stuff?

    I think that could be a great idea


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    #125
    Waitsian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    Hermy wrote: »
    Perhaps there isn't the traffic to warrant it but does anyone think we should have a thread here for unwanted certs and stuff?

    I can't see the harm - I have unwanted certs. And won't the thread show up on a search engine now? Posting each one with an image and short transcription should do the trick.


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    #126
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Is the feedback tab not working either? Keeps sending me back to the 'fill out form' page without clarifying if it's a bloody captcha problem or something else :(


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    #127
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Hermy wrote: »
    Perhaps there isn't the traffic to warrant it but does anyone think we should have a thread here for unwanted certs and stuff?

    Great idea, but my family don't want any of our info online so its going to be difficult for me and also for the UK site now I think of it. There could be a 'records wanted' thread so I could always pm anyone rather than publicly embarrass my family! :o


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    #128
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Great idea, but my family don't want any of our info online so its going to be difficult for me and also for the UK site now I think of it. There could be a 'records wanted' thread so I could always pm anyone rather than publicly embarrass my family! :o

    Well you might not be embarrassing your family if, lets say, your posting a cert or other record which was ordered in error and doesn't relate directly to your own kin. And I like the idea of a wanted/ offered type thread.

    Anyone like to suggest a thread title?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #129
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    I think "certs ordered in error".

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    #130
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    I am collaborating with a distant cousin that I have yet to meet in person on one branch of my family history (I count 3rd cousin once removed as distant). We share copies of relevant and irrelevant certs as we sift through possibilities. I don't think such sharing is in any way improper.

    The chances of making contact with people who have an interest in my small stock of irrelevant certs seem to me to be very small - so small that it does not seem to me to be worth setting up a clearing house.


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    #131
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Hermy wrote: »
    Well you might not be embarrassing your family if, lets say, your posting a cert or other record which was ordered in error and doesn't relate directly to your own kin. And I like the idea of a wanted/ offered type thread.

    Anyone like to suggest a thread title?

    I get what you are saying, but however wrong the certs are, they would still have our surnames on them of course.


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    #132
    googled eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭googled eyes


    What if there were two threads.

    1. For people who just want to share the certs they have.

    2. For people who wish to ask about certs.

    It may seem more complicated but it might keep everyone happy to use the idea


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    #133
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Well I've made an attempt at the thread here. If anyone has any suggestions or a better way of doing it I can delete the thread and try again.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #134
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Been thinking over the 'certs wanted' part and wondered if that could become rather long as there could be hundreds of posts looking for certs. What do ye say?


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    #135
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Been thinking over the 'certs wanted' part and wondered if that could become rather long as there could be hundreds of posts looking for certs. What do ye say?

    Agreed. Most threads are seeking a record of some sort so maybe that's already covered by the general posts and threads.

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    #136
    Waitsian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    I notice the death cert index on Irishgenealogy.ie has entries with the age of the deceased - that's handy!


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    #137
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Mother's birth surname is good on baptisms, however I am sadly looking for the dad on one of mine so even when the mum looks right I have had to spend many shillings to find the wrong dads.:(


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    #138
    dido2
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭dido2


    Jellybaby

    Do you have any idea of the dads name?? Surname even??


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    #139
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    No, but I am just guessing it is the family name but its really guesswork. I was hoping something would add up, but so far, nuthin'!


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    #140
    dido2
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭dido2


    I take it you have a first name and a mothers name so?? Do you have a date of birth?


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    #141
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    No date of birth, no mother's name, total guesswork on the dad's name. I have the child's name. Its a family mystery which none of my family knows the answer to.


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    #142
    dido2
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭dido2


    Oh Jellybaby it's one of those mysteries!!!!! Any luck with a baptism??? Maybe if you post a seperate thread with the info you might get some more help too.... Unless you've already done that too!!


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    #143
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Naw, can't post family info unfortunately. I will get to the bottom of it.....eventually!


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    #144
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Civil records down for me


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    #145
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Same here.


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    #146
    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    server is up and running ok but URL gives a not found (404). Thought maybe the structure was tidied up, but the civil records option seems to missing from the homepage


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    #147
    dido2
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭dido2


    Gone for me too! Wonder why it's suddenly gone...


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    #148
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    All I can spot is that the front page has been changed and the button to go to civil records removed. Doubt it'll be fixed this late on a Friday but lets hope so !


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    #149
    dido2
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭dido2


    There is a message up now

    Civil Records Search temporarily unavailable
    Further update will be provided.


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    #150
    CassieManson
    Registered Users Posts: 693 ✭✭✭CassieManson


    dido2 wrote: »
    Gone for me too! Wonder why it's suddenly gone...

    Hope its not down all weekend...funny how the tab has disappeared...hope its back soon.


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    #151
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I worry (but hope that its not accurate) that there's been complaints about it having precise dates to 2013.


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