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#Click View Film Notes to see the film and fiche numbers.
#Click View Film Notes to see the film and fiche numbers.


=== Online Index to England and Wales Civil Registration  ===
=== [[|]]Online Index to England and Wales Civil Registration  ===


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, and a 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, and a 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:  
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3. [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/ai_content.php The Genealogist website] has indexed and posted online most of the births, marriages and deaths throughout the country. The indexes provide the same information as listed above.  
3. [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/ai_content.php The Genealogist website] has indexed and posted online most of the births, marriages and deaths throughout the country. The indexes provide the same information as listed above.  
4. [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Ancestry.co.uk], a paid subscription site, has all the civil registration indexes available online. This site is available for free in the Family History Library and Regional Centers.
5. WorldVitalRecords.com, a paid subscription site, has all of these indexes available online also. This site is available for free in the Family History Library and Family History Centers. [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=ukbmd1983_births Births: 1837-1983]; [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=ukbmd1983_marriages Marriages: 1837-1983]; [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=ukbmd1983_deaths Deaths: 1837-1983].


=== Records at the Family History Library  ===
=== Records at the Family History Library  ===
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