Tracesmart Add 2006 GRO Birth Index
Released
on: June 6, 2008, 4:40 am
Press
Release Author: Adam Smith - Marketing Manager
Industry:
Internet
& Online
Press
Release Summary: Leading people tracing website, Tracesmart, adds
over 1.1million birth records to their dataset portfolio.
Press
Release Body: Having previously provided access to birth records
from 1984-2005, Tracesmart - the internet based
people search engine that helps to reunite friends and family,
has today announced that it has added 2006 birth records to its
dataset portfolio. Acquired from the General Register Office for
England & Wales, these records will enhance the system's trace
capabilities.
According
to Paul Weathersby, Technical Director at Tracesmart,
"The addition of the birth records from 2006 represents an
extra 1.1m records for people to search when using our birth
search. It is also a further example of our commitment to
continually expand our datasets through acquisition and regular
updates." The 1.1m records contained in the 2006 birth indexes
takes the total number of birth records that Tracesmart
hold to 22m. Michael Trezise, Managing Director of Tracesmart,
explains why the company continuously sources new data, "The
2006 birth data represents but a small part of our company's larger
commitment to the development of our people search database -
we continually expand our consumer universe which contains datasets
such as the Electoral Roll and Land
Registry records. This commitment is good news for our customers
as it will inevitably make it easier for them to find people,
and in this instance it will allow for more productive birth searches."
As
well as providing access to a wealth of data, Tracesmart's
sophisticated Birth Search offers enhanced functionality which
greatly aids tracing endeavours. In order to find
relatives or friends users can conduct a search with full
name or just surname and further refine results by adding the
mother's maiden name and/or year of birth. The system then outputs
the person's full name, mother's maiden name, month and year of
birth registration and the registration district. Weathersby explained
how this information can be applied in a tracing scenario; "Birth
index information can prove an invaluable resource when trying
to trace an individual, for example: A customer may be trying
to trace an old friend that had a baby in 2006 called Rhys and
was last known to be living in Cornwall. Using the birth search
and the scant last known information it would be possible to identify
the exact registration district for the child's birth and then
conduct a people search or address
search in the relevant area to trace the old friend's exact
whereabouts."
Notes
To Editors:
www.tracesmart.co.uk
is one of the UK's leading online people tracing systems and helps
brings thousands of friends and relatives back together again.
Michael Trezise is the founder and Managing Director
of Tracesmart. With over 25 years of tracing experience his unrivalled
knowledge provides the company with a distinct competitive advantage.
Paul Weathersby is an industry leading IT specialist,
who, along with his team, develops and maintains the cutting edge
technologies which drive www.tracesmart.co.uk.
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Ltd
- 2
Sovereign Quay
- Havannah
Street
- Cardiff
- CF10
5SF
- Tel:
02920 474 120
- Mobile:
07976 637 091
- Email:
adam@tracesmart.co.uk
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