England Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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.  

##[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.]  

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:  

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 the Office for National Statistics for England.  

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.  

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 the local registry office in England.  

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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson 1: Research Overview</span>  

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson 2: Census Records</span>  

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson 3: Civil Registration</span>  

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson 4: Church Records</span>  

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson 5: Find Your Ancestors</span>  

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