Tracesmart Add 2006 GRO Birth Index
Leading people tracing website, Tracesmart, adds over 1.1million birth records to their dataset portfolio.


/E-commerce News Articles/ - CARDIFF, WALES, June 08, 2008 - 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 [url="http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/people-search/"]people search database[/url] - we continually expand our consumer universe which contains datasets such as the [url="http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/electoral-roll/"]Electoral Roll[/url] 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 [url="http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/find-relatives/"]find relatives[/url] 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 [url="http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/address-search/"]address search[/url] in the relevant area to trace the old friend's exact whereabouts."

Further Related Resources:


Press Release Contact Information:

Matthew Hopkins
Tracesmart LTD
Internet Marketing Executive
2 Sovereign Quay
Cardiff, Cardiff
Wales CF10 5SF
Voice: 02920 474159
Website: Visit Our Website