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Indexes can help you find an entry for your ancestor. The Office for National Statistics (formerly Registrar General) creates nationwide indexes after receiving quarterly returns. | Indexes can help you find an entry for your ancestor. The Office for National Statistics (formerly Registrar General) creates nationwide indexes after receiving quarterly returns. | ||
=== Content === | === Content === | ||
These indexes are arranged by calendar quarter and give name, registration district, volume, and page number. Later indexes include the following: | These indexes are arranged by calendar quarter and give name, registration district, volume, and page number. Later indexes include the following: | ||
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*Birth date (post-March 1969 death indexes) | *Birth date (post-March 1969 death indexes) | ||
With the index reference you can send for the certificate (see above). | With the index reference you can send for the certificate (see above). | ||
Search Tips | === Search Tips === | ||
If you cannot locate an index entry, consider the following reasons: | If you cannot locate an index entry, consider the following reasons: | ||
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Knowing the district name and at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, or death occurred will reduce your search time. | Knowing the district name and at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, or death occurred will reduce your search time. | ||
=== Registration Districts === | |||
Places in the index are registration districts, which are usually not the same as the actual place of birth. In rural areas many villages and parishes are included in one district. Large cities have many districts. | Places in the index are registration districts, which are usually not the same as the actual place of birth. In rural areas many villages and parishes are included in one district. Large cities have many districts. | ||
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The Family History Library has copies of the indexes. Go to the Family History Library Catalog to find the film of fiche numbers for each year of birth, death or marriage. | The Family History Library has copies of the indexes. Go to the Family History Library Catalog to find the film of fiche numbers for each year of birth, death or marriage. | ||
#Go to [http://www.familysearch.org/ | #Go to the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog]. | ||
#Click '''Place Search'''. | #Click '''Place Search'''. | ||
#Type England and click '''Search'''. | #Type England and click '''Search'''. | ||
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#Click one of the following titles: | #Click one of the following titles: | ||
##[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=47767&disp=Index+to+the+civil+registration+of+birth++ ''Index to the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, 1837-1980''. This set is on microfilm]. | ##[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=47767&disp=Index+to+the+civil+registration+of+birth++ ''Index to the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, 1837-1980''. This set is on microfilm]. | ||
##[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=744657&disp=Index+to+the+civil+registration+of+birth++ ''Index to the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, 1837-1983''. This set is on microfiche.] | ##[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=744657&disp=Index+to+the+civil+registration+of+birth++ ''Index to the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, 1837-1983''. This set is on microfiche.] | ||
#Click View Film Notes to see the film and fiche numbers. | #Click View Film Notes to see the film and fiche numbers. | ||