The National Archives (UK) Digital Microfilm allows you to search and download some of the
most popular records. These files are large (some up to 800 pages) so a
broadband connection is essential. These documents are currently free of charge
to download. These records have not been indexed and so you will need to scroll
through the pdfs, much as you would when using a microfilm. The following series
of records on microfilm have been digitised and are available to download
as pdf files.
• RG 43: General Register Office: Indexes to
Miscellaneous Foreign Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths. Indexes to the
non-statutory registers and returns in RG 32 to RG 36, and to certain Army and
Statutory registers retained by the Registrar-General.
• WO 42: War Office: Officers' Birth
Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers. Certificates of birth, baptism,
marriage and death, with wills, administrations, statements of services and
personal papers of officers and their families, in cases where the officer died
on service or on half pay and his widow applied for a pension, or application
was made for a child's compassionate allowance.
The Official Non-Parochial BMDs Service with online searches of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records from non parish sources (nonconformist). Includes records for Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Protestant Dissenters (Dr Williams Library), Wesleyans and Independents. This site also includes 100,000 records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials of British subjects overseas and on board ships in the 19th and 20th centuries. A basic search is free with fees for advanced searching and to download images.
British Origins offers access to Boyd's Marriage Index (1538-1840); Marriage Licence Allegations Index (1694-1850); St Andrew Holborn marriage index (1754-1812), London Burials Index (1538-1872) plus other databases. There is a free surname search and a range of subscriptions options are available.The Middlesex Marriages Index by Sandy Coleman lists 45,000+ Middlesex marriages (1563-1895).
The Joiner Marriage Index for the North of England and Hertfordshire by Paul Joiner. Over 1 million marriages are indexed (1500s-1837). There is a free name search available with a fee of £2.50 to search up to 10 records.
National
Deceased Online
is a central database for UK burials and cremations. The free name
search returns full names, date and place of burial or cremation. Fees apply to
access register scans or transcripts, grave photographs and location maps.
General
Register
Office with civil registration
information for England and Wales. Certificates can be ordered
online.
Genfindit ordering service for Irish
birth, death or marriage certificates (1837-2009). New
UK BMD. Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Internet. This site offers links to 2,229+ web sites that offer online transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths and censuses. Updated
Ancestry.co.uk. This commercial site offers searchable access to birth, marriage and death indexes (and index images) for England and Wales (1837-2005). Other records available include Pallots baptism and marriage indexes (1780-1837) plus numerous county parish and probate records. Currently 193+ birth, marriage and death databases are available for England and 27+ for Wales. A variety of subscription options are available.Findmypast.com offers access to exact replicas of the original birth, marriage and death indexes for England and Wales. From 1837-1983 scanned pages of the indexes are available. A database search is available for 1984-2005. There are indexes to births, marriages, deaths at sea from1854 and for the British overseas 1761-2002. Other indexes include divorces, death duty registers, National Burial Index (1538-2005) and City of London burials 1742-1904. A variety of pricing plans exist.
The Genealogist. This commercial site offers access to the complete BMD Indexes 1837-2005 as published by the GRO. The records are in database format 1984-2005 and as images of the original index pages 1983- 1837. They also offer access to 1,100+ parish register transcripts. A range of subscription options are available.
Dustydocs is a 'web-linking site' of English birth, marriage, and death (BMD) records for the years 1538 to 1900. Information is sourced from freely available church BMD records and validated user contributions. New
Combined
Regions
Multi-Region BMD
Search offers combined searching of
the Bath, Berkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, North Wales, Staffordshire,
West
Midlands, Wiltshire and Yorkshire databases. Use the main county sites
(listed below) if you know the area as they offer more options.
North
East BMD. A gateway to the online BDM
indexes for the north east of England including Middlesbrough, Redcar
and Cleveland, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Newcastle upon Tyne,
County Durham and Darlington.
West Midlands BMD (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) online birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837. This ongoing project is adding new data as it becomes available.
Bath & North East SomersetDarlington Borough Council offers online searching of the birth, death and marriage indexes from 1837.
Gateshead Council is placing birth, marriage and death indexes online from 1837. This ongoing project is adding new data as it becomes available.Barnsley Register Office, in conjunction with the Barnsley Family History Society, is placing birth, death and marriage indexes online from 1837.
Rotherham
Council is placing births and
marriages indexes for the Borough of Rotherham online from 1837.
Sheffield Register Office is placing birth, death and marriage indexes online.
Tees Valley Indexes to birth, death and marriages records held at Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar & Cleveland register offices. The scope of the index, from 1837, varies depending on the area.
WalesWrexham Council
Marriage Index 1837-1997. This
ongoing project, in conjunction with the Clwyd Family History Society, will
also provide online indexes to Wrexham births and
deaths 1837-1950.
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