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1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD] - Search features include: | 1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD] - Search features include: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Date the event was registered | *Date the event was registered | ||
*Name of the district and county | *Name of the district and county | ||
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The results show the following for each individual. This is the information you need if you want to order a copy of a certificate from England. | The results show the following for each individual. This is the information you need if you want to order a copy of a certificate from England. | ||
*Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | *Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | ||
*Name of the individual | *Name of the individual | ||
*Year and quarter of the year when registered. Only the last month of a quarter is given: March, June, September, and December. | *Year and quarter of the year when registered. Only the last month of a quarter is given: March, June, September, and December. | ||
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*Volume and page number | *Volume and page number | ||
Since this is an ongoing project, you may want to know what years have already been added to the site. A set of graphs on the site shows which years have already been indexed. To link from the Home Page, click '''Information''', click '''Statistics''', and click '''Coverage Charts'''. | Since this is an ongoing project, you may want to know what years have already been added to the site. A set of graphs on the site shows which years have already been indexed. To link from the Home Page, click '''Information''', click '''Statistics''', and click '''Coverage Charts'''. It is also possible to report transcription errors and add "Postem" notes if you locate an entry which is incorrect or that you have more information about. | ||
You should bear in mind the way in which national indexes were compiled from 1837 onward. The quarterly returns sent were manually arranged in alphabetical order and the index compiled was manually written by clerks. It is not surprising then that with no check on errors possible that the indexes contain incomplete or inaccurate entries. Where manual entires were replaced by typed indexes the typing introduces potential for further error. If you cannot locate an entry it is sensible to go to the <u>primary</u> source of registration in the local Registration District. | |||
2. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD website] - Click on and enter the county desired to determine whether a county has a local bmd index project as not all counties are currently in the process of indexing the civil registration indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. | 2. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD website] - Click on and enter the county desired to determine whether a county has a local bmd index project as not all counties are currently in the process of indexing the civil registration indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
The following counties (as of 1 November 2007) have an online indexing project for BMDs currently underway: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kent, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most county-wide indexes go up to the year 1950 and | The following counties (as of 1 November 2007) have an online indexing project for BMDs currently underway: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kent,Lancashire, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. The Lancashire project is one of the largest and most complete.Most county-wide indexes go up to the year 1950 and all are an on-going project and are incomplete. Keep checking back for updated, new information. You can subscribe for online update information by email from the county extraction directors. Search features include: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Date the event was registered | *Date the event was registered | ||
*Name of the district and county | *Name of the district and county | ||
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The results show the following for each individual. This is the information you need if you want to order a copy of a certificate from England. | The results show the following for each individual. This is the information you need if you want to order a copy of a certificate from England. | ||
*Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | *Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | ||
*Name of the individual | *Name of the individual | ||
*Year and quarter of the year when registered. Only the last month of a quarter is given: March, June, September, and December. | *Year and quarter of the year when registered. Only the last month of a quarter is given: March, June, September, and December. | ||
*Name of the district where the event was registered. A district is a geographic area that was responsible to register the event. | *Name of the district where the event was registered. A district is a geographic area that was responsible to register the event. | ||
*Volume and page number | *Volume and page number | ||
The registers in local Registration Districts in both England and Wales are the <u>primary</u> registration information of births marriages and deaths. Research has shown that the national index contains many errors and omissions. The indexation of primary records is based on year of event unlike the national index which is compiled from quarterly returns and is therefore more likely to locate the event you seek. | |||
3. [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/ai_content.php The Genealogist website] has indexed and posted online most of the births, marriages and deaths throughout the country. The indexes provide the same information as listed above. | 3. [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/ai_content.php The Genealogist website] has indexed and posted online most of the births, marriages and deaths throughout the country. The indexes provide the same information as listed above. | ||