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| Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. |
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| Durham Cathedral's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of its ecclesiastical parishes of [[Durham St Giles, Durham|Durham St Giles]], [[Durham St Mary-the-Less|Durham St Mary-the-Less]] and other to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years: | | Durham Cathedral's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of its ecclesiastical parishes of [[Durham St Giles, Durham|Durham St Giles]], [[Durham St Mary-the-Less|Durham St Mary-the-Less]] and other to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years: |