[Margaret Pilkington]

I have used the Lancashire BMD, and Ancestry too, but so far only the free stuff. I didn't want to get into a subscription thing and then run out of enthusiasm....though I think that i am going to HAVE to purchase something that will let me view the 1901 census.
My mother never knew that her own dad had at least six other siblings....or that he was born in Horncastle in Lincolnshire. She was fascinated when i told her. And now she is considering taking a trip to her fathers birthplace for her 80th birthday.
I have so far only gone back to the 1860's.
My niece in Australia is doing her British side of the family, her Oz side and her hubby's Irish root as well.
West Ender, you are right about it being absorbing.....compulsive too.