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Civil registration started in July 1837, and a manuscript index of names was created to help locate a specific certificate. Arranged quarterly and alphabetically, these indexes may be accessed at Family History Centers, at the National Archives UK and a limited number of other repositories worldwide. In recent years volunteers began transcribing and adding the data from the manuscript indexes into a centralized index. Two sites with online civil registration indexes to births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales are located at the following websites: | Civil registration started in July 1837, and a manuscript index of names was created to help locate a specific certificate. Arranged quarterly and alphabetically, these indexes may be accessed at Family History Centers, at the National Archives UK and a limited number of other repositories worldwide. In recent years volunteers began transcribing and adding the data from the manuscript indexes into a centralized index. Two sites with online civil registration indexes to births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales are located at the following websites: | ||
1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD] - Search features include: | 1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl FreeBMD] - Search features include: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
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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'''. 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. | 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. | 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. | ||
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*Name of the individual. | *Name of the individual. | ||
*Year when event registered. | *Year when event registered. | ||
*Name of the region. The name of the local BMD project area | *Name of the region. The name of the local BMD project area | ||
*Name of the place where the event was registered. For births and deaths this is the district name, a district is a geographic area that was responsible to register the event. For marriages the name of the church or register office is given. | *Name of the place where the event was registered. For births and deaths this is the district name, a district is a geographic area that was responsible to register the event. For marriages the name of the church or register office is given. | ||
*Name of the register office that now holds the registers. This is the office to which applications should be made for copy certificates. | *Name of the register office that now holds the registers. This is the office to which applications should be made for copy certificates. | ||
*Reference number. The unique reference number required to order a certificate from the local register office. | *Reference number. The unique reference number required to order a certificate from the local register office. | ||