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*[https://bmdregisters.co.uk/ www.bmdregisters.co.uk] – index to non-parochial registers transcriptions with a free index, pay-per-view for each transcribed entry
*[https://bmdregisters.co.uk/ www.bmdregisters.co.uk] – index to non-parochial registers transcriptions with a free index, pay-per-view for each transcribed entry
*[http://worldvitalrecords.com/ www.worldvitalrecords.com]  
*[http://worldvitalrecords.com/ www.worldvitalrecords.com]  
 
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8830 Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers] by Phillimore
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk]
*[https://www.google.com/ Google] - Google the name of county and the word “index” and by name of record type, i,e, “marriages”; (Note: there are numerous free online county-wide and/or parish indexes depending on the county; search parish by parish and county by county)


'''Archives'''
'''Archives'''
*County Record offices - i.e. London Metropolitan Archives and Library. Some big city County Record Offices have transcriptions and indexes to many parish registers and other records, as well as the original records in their collections
*County Record offices - i.e. London Metropolitan Archives and Library. Some big city County Record Offices have transcriptions and indexes to many parish registers and other records, as well as the original records in their collections
*City Archives - i.e. Birmingham City Archives
*City Archives - i.e. Birmingham City Archives
*Family History Library (look at the [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Catalog])
*Family History Library (view the [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Catalog])
*[http://www.sog.org.uk/ Society of Genealogists] ($) - the most vast collection of transcribed parish registers to be found anywhere; and much more
*[http://www.sog.org.uk/ Society of Genealogists] ($) - the most vast collection of transcribed parish registers to be found anywhere; and much more
*Private collections of transcriptions and indexes – i.e. Marriage Indexes: Nimrod Index (Wiltshire), Baxter Index ( Essex)
*Private collections of transcriptions and indexes – i.e. Marriage Indexes: Nimrod Index (Wiltshire), Baxter Index ( Essex)
*“Google” name of county and the word “index” and by name of record type, i,e, “marriages”; [Note: there are numerous free online county-wide and/or parish indexes depending on the county; search parish by parish and county by county]
*[http://www.origins.net/ www.origins.net] (£) – numerous indexes/databases
*Atlas & Index of Parish Registers by Phillimore; Co. publishers (£) – see county section in back for church and census indexes and addresses
*Parish register transcriptions online - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk]


=====Probate records=====
=====Probate records=====


*[http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ www.fhlfavorites.info/] under “England”, then [Name of] “county”, then “Probate”; most England counties now have extensive online indexes!
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904&geo_a=r&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995] ($)
*Google the following words: 1) [name of] “county”/big city; 2) “probate”; 3) “index”
*[https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate Find a will or probate document (England and Wales)] - index
*[https://www.google.com/ Google] the COUNTY and "probate index"
*See the [[England Probate Records]] wiki page to learn more


=====Occupational records=====
=====Occupational records=====
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*Gentleman’s Magazine – hundreds of thousands of indexed entries – at [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/journals/srchgm.htm www.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
*Gentleman’s Magazine – hundreds of thousands of indexed entries – at [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/journals/srchgm.htm www.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
*London Times from 1790 with index at [http://www.godfrey.org/ http://www.godfrey.org]
*London Times from 1790 with index at [http://www.godfrey.org/ http://www.godfrey.org]
*London Gazette from 1665 at&nbsp;[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ www.gazettes-online.co.uk] <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247680984646_524" />
*London Gazette from 1665 at [http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ www.gazettes-online.co.uk] <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247680984646_524" />
*Newspapers in the UK: [http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs]
*Newspapers in the UK: [http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs]


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