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=== 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 | 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: | ||
1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl FreeBMD] - Search features include: | 1. [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl FreeBMD] - Search features include: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Date the event was registered | *Date the event was registered | ||
*Name of the district and county | *Name of the district and county | ||
*Date range | *Date range | ||
*Names of parents or spouse | *Names of parents or spouse | ||
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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. | ||
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. | ||
=== Records at the Family History Library === | === Records at the Family History Library === | ||