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[http://freebmd.rootsweb.com FreeBMD] is an ongoing project to extract civil registration records for England and Wales. Currently the project is attempting to transcribe all of the indexes to births, marriages, and deaths from 1 July 1837 through 31 December 1949. Not all of the indexes have been fully transcribed, although the project is nearly 99% complete up to 1911. For a chart showing the percentage of completion quarterly by year, see [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/progress.shtml FreeBMD Coverage Charts]. See [[ | [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com FreeBMD] is an ongoing project to extract civil registration records for England and Wales. Currently the project is attempting to transcribe all of the indexes to births, marriages, and deaths from 1 July 1837 through 31 December 1949. Not all of the indexes have been fully transcribed, although the project is nearly 99% complete up to 1911. For a chart showing the percentage of completion quarterly by year, see [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/progress.shtml FreeBMD Coverage Charts]. See [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] for information on the contents and availability of Birth, Marriage, and Death records. | ||
FreeBMD has transcriptions of indexes only. To obtain the actual certificates of birth, marriage, or death, they must be ordered from the General Register Office using the index reference obtained from FreeBMD. | FreeBMD has transcriptions of indexes only. To obtain the actual certificates of birth, marriage, or death, they must be ordered from the General Register Office (GRO) using the index reference obtained from FreeBMD. | ||
To locate a birth, marriage, or death index reference, [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl search FreeBMD]. Once you've indentified and noted the correct index reference, you can [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp order the certificate online] from GRO. Registration with GRO is free, but certificates are available only upon payment of a fee.<br> | |||
== '''Searching FreeBMD<br>''' == | == '''Searching FreeBMD<br>''' == | ||
Gone are the days of needing to make long searches through the bulky Birth, Marriage and Death index volumes at Somerset house, St. Catharine’s house, Middleton place, or fiches at the Family History Centre. You can now do it quickly on the internet. FreeBMD mostly covers entries up to 1930, but the years it covers are growing rapidly.<br>FreeBMD has excellent search capabilities, you can specify searches | Gone are the days of needing to make long searches through the bulky Birth, Marriage and Death index volumes at Somerset house, St. Catharine’s house, Middleton place, or fiches at the Family History Centre. You can now do it quickly on the internet. FreeBMD mostly covers entries up to 1930, but the years it covers are growing rapidly.<br>FreeBMD has excellent search capabilities, you can specify searches | ||