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== '''What is FreeBMD?<br>''' == | == '''What is FreeBMD?<br>''' == | ||
[http://freebmd.rootsweb.com FreeBMD] is an ongoing project to extract civil registration records for England and Wales. Currently the project is attempting to transcribe all of the indexes to births, marriages, and deaths from 1 July 1837 through 31 December 1949. Not all of the indexes have been fully transcribed, although the project is nearly 99% complete up to 1911. For a chart showing the percentage of completion quarterly by year, see | [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com FreeBMD] is an ongoing project to extract civil registration records for England and Wales. Currently the project is attempting to transcribe all of the indexes to births, marriages, and deaths from 1 July 1837 through 31 December 1949. Not all of the indexes have been fully transcribed, although the project is nearly 99% complete up to 1911. For a chart showing the percentage of completion quarterly by year, see [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/progress.shtml FreeBMD Coverage Charts]. See [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] for information on the contents and availability of Birth, Marriage, and Death records. | ||
FreeBMD has transcriptions of indexes only. To obtain the actual certificates of birth, marriage, or death, they must be ordered from the General Register Office (GRO) using the index reference obtained from FreeBMD. | FreeBMD has transcriptions of indexes only. To obtain the actual certificates of birth, marriage, or death, they must be ordered from the General Register Office (GRO) using the index reference obtained from FreeBMD. | ||
To locate a birth, marriage, or death index reference, [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl search FreeBMD]. Once you've indentified and noted the correct | To locate a birth, marriage, or death index reference, [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl search FreeBMD]. Once you've indentified and noted the correct index reference, you can [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp order the certificate online] from GRO. Registration with GRO is free, but certificates are available only upon payment of a fee.<br> | ||
== '''Searching FreeBMD<br>''' == | == '''Searching FreeBMD<br>''' == | ||
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== Alternative to Free BMD == | == Alternative to Free BMD == | ||
Another | Another free online index is [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD]. Click on Local BMD to see the counties that have been indexed. Volunteers from several counties have gone into local registration offices and transcribed the original registrar index books for marriages, births and deaths (usually in that order). Birth and death registrations have been compiled with year of event, rather than year of registration. The online search gives place of marriage and provides online capability to print the form with event details and reference, to be posted directly to the Registration office (GRO) to purchase the certificate. This is a rapid reply service. | ||
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[[Category:England Online Research Sites]] | [[Category:England Online Research Sites]] | ||
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