Births, Marriages and Deaths |
Findmypast. The English and Welsh birth, marriage and death indexes (St Cath's) on line. You pay a small fee for every page you look at, but wonderful if you can't easily get to a record repository. Also includes passenger departures 1890-1960, with more coming soon. Pay site | www.findmypast.com |
Free BMD. Searchable English and Welsh indexed entries of births, marriages and deaths, from 1837 up to about 1910. Compiled by volunteers and not totally complete. Free site, worth going to first. | www.freebmd.org.uk |
Ancestry. UK version of Ancestry.com, with English and Welsh BDMs as well as the full set of censuses from 1841 to 1901. Fully searchable indexes for England, Wales and Scotland, and page images for England and Wales. Many other records, being added regularly. Subscription site | www.ancestry.co.uk |
General Registry Office (England and Wales -GRO). Order and pay for BDM certificates on-line from this site. You need to register first. | www.gro.gov.uk |
Scotlands People. Fully searchable Scottish BDMs from Civil Regsitration, and Old Parochial Records (OPRs) before that, complete with images. Census indexes and images from 1841 to 1901. Essential for Scottish researchers. Pay site | www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |
Australian BDMs. Each Australian state has different records and different access policies. Some states (including NSW and Victoria) are online. For links to each Australian state registrar's office, check the WA Genealogy Society website. Free site | www.wags.org.au |
A few other great sites to look at... |
GENUKI. Fabulous UK site, broken down into counties. Most useful site for beginners researching their British ancestors. Free site. | www.genuki.org.uk |
Rootsweb. Use this site to check their mailing lists and discussion forums for your surname interest or places you're interested in. Free site. | www.rootsweb.com |
LDS Church (Family Search). Essential site, with the fully searchable International Genealogy Index (IFGI) online. Also check out the Family History Library Catalogue for parish register microfilms. Free site. | www.familysearch.org |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Find details about people from the British Commonwealth who died during the Wars. Free site. | www.cwgc.org |
Google. The very best of the search engines. Free site | www.google.com |
Cyndi's List. A veritable encyclopedia and a good site to find genealogical links. Very useful for US and European links. Over 250,000 categorised links at last count. Free site. | www.cyndislist.com |
