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From: Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <>
Subject: Re: British Vital Records Lookup Reqd Please
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 17:07:46 +0000


In article <hLfpoGAck$>, Tony Bates
<> writes

>I have a copy of the Vital Records Index British Isles, but
>unfortunately can't help for two reasons. As I understand it the
>records cover a period of 1538 to 1888 and would not include a marriage
>in 1895. Also I get a runtime error 5 every time I try to access the
>data, so have no idea if the data is useful. Anyone got a third party
>viewer that works?
>
There were a number of early Viewer CD-ROMs that were defective. If you
bought your VRI from the US or from a UK supplier that sourced them in
the US, there is a possibility that you may have such a CD. You can
contact the LDS technical support e-mail at <> and
they'll be able to advise you on how to overcome this problem.

Don't take the 1888 cut-off date too literally. There are quite a few
events later than that including some that trickle over into the 20th
century.
--
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

Drake Software web site: http://www.tdrake.demon.co.u

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