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*Names of parents or spouse | *Names of parents or spouse | ||
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 England. | 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. | ||
*Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | *Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | ||
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2. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD website] - Click on and enter the county desired to determine whether a county has a local bmd index project as not all counties are currently in the process of indexing the civil registration indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. | 2. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD website] - Click on and enter the county desired to determine whether a county has a local bmd index project as not all counties are currently in the process of indexing the civil registration indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
The following counties (as of 1 November 2007) have an online indexing project for BMDs currently underway: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kent,Lancashire, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. The Lancashire project is one of the largest and most complete.Most county-wide indexes go up to the year 1950 and all are an on-going project and are incomplete. Keep checking back for updated, new information. You can subscribe for online update information | The following counties (as of 1 November 2007) have an online indexing project for BMDs currently underway: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. The Lancashire project is one of the largest and most complete. Most county-wide indexes go up to the year 1950 and all are an on-going project and are incomplete. Keep checking back for updated, new information. You can subscribe for online update information by email from the county extraction directors. Search features include: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
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*Names of parents or spouse | *Names of parents or spouse | ||
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 England. | 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. | ||
*Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | *Type of event (birth, marriage, or death) | ||
*Name of the individual | *Name of the individual. | ||
*Year | *Year when event registered. | ||
*Name of the | *Name of the region. The name of the local BMD project area | ||
* | *Name of the place where the event was registered. For births and deaths this is the district name, a district is a geographic area that was responsible to register the event. For marriages the name of the church or register office is given. | ||
*Name of the register office that now holds the registers. This is the office to which applications should be made for copy certificates. | |||
*Reference number. The unique reference number required to order a certificate from the local register office. | |||
The registers in local Registration Districts in both England and Wales are the <u>primary</u> registration information of births marriages and deaths. Research has shown that the national index contains many errors and omissions. The indexation of primary records is based on year of event unlike the national index which is compiled from quarterly returns and is therefore more likely to locate the event you seek. | The registers in local Registration Districts in both England and Wales are the <u>primary</u> registration information of births marriages and deaths. Research has shown that the national index contains many errors and omissions. The indexation of primary records is based on year of event unlike the national index which is compiled from quarterly returns and is therefore more likely to locate the event you seek. | ||