Genes Reunited!!!!

knightstyle

Just a vent, on the site it says you can join for free BUT you cannot do anything unless you pay!!!
Is there a cheaper or free alternative or decent UK forum?

pimento

It's free to host your tree there. You only have to pay if you want to reply to messages from other members.

To look up the BMD and census information isn't free anywhere. The 1881 is free to view on Ancestry and Find My Past, you can see the BMD up to about 1930 on www.freebmd.org and www.rootschat.com is a good forum for help.

You will have to put your hand in your pocket for almost everything else.

Ancestry and Find My Past both do a 14 day free trial.

bethesda

just to chip in there are sites such as freebmd, freereg and freecen which give info for free - the downside is that the records are incomplete........

you may be better going to the library and using the facilities there as some have subscriptions to find my past or ancestry.

your local family history group (which may charge you to join) may be extremely helpful too