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 There are two forms of the GRO Index:
-'''GRO Searchable Index'''. For free, anyone can register at the site of the [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ GRO], and search the indexes for Births and Deaths only. These indexes contain the names of the people involved, but not parents or spouses, and can also be searched by registration district, age at death and mothers maiden name(births). Reference numbers beside the name must be quoted to order the ceritificate.
+'''GRO Searchable Index'''. For free, anyone can register at the [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ GRO] site and search the indexes for births and deaths only. These indexes contain the name of the person registered, the quarter and year of the registration, and the mother's maiden name for births. No other parent or spouse information is included. Searches must include at least the surname, sex, and year; searches can also include registration district, mother's maiden name (births only) and age at death (deaths only). Reference information (year, quarter, registration district, volume, and page) must be quoted to order a certificate.
-To find a spouse in a marriage, use the fact that both parties will have the same reference numbers. Several of the websites that have the Indexes do this automatically and list the possible partners (often 3-4). If you have a first name from a census, then hopefully this will narrow down the possible partners to one.
+To find a spouse in a marriage, use the fact that both parties will have the same reference numbers. Several of the websites that have the indexes do this automatically and list the possible partners (usually two or more). If you can find the couple in the census, you can usually determine the correct spouse.
-'''Traditional Indexes'''. Formerly known as "St Catherine's Registers" Alphabetically-arranged indexes were created by the GRO at the end of each quarter, for births, marriages and deaths. images and searchable Indexes of these appear on several sites. Coverage may not be 100%. Maiden name of Mothers are not included before 1911.
+'''Traditional Indexes'''. Formerly known as "St Catherine's Registers" Alphabetically-arranged indexes were created by the GRO at the end of each quarter, for births, marriages and deaths. Images and searchable indexes of these appear on several sites. Coverage may not be 100%. Maiden name of mothers are not included before 1911.
 * [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl FreeBMD]. An ongoing project, accessible for free.
 * [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ UKBMD website] lists many local BMD websites (e.g. [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ LancashireBMD]). Some of these sites may include more information than FreeBMD, including Mother's Maiden Name before 1911.