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Births, Deaths and Marriages
Click on the links below to search indexes (some linked to images) of birth, death and marriage records.
Scotland
Histpop
the online population reports website (includes the statistical reports of the Registrar General for Scotland from 1855 to 1920) Gretna Green index (1795-1895) (Pay-per-view) Howff database (register of burials for Dundee's oldest cemetery)
Index of deaths from James Wilson's register (1825-1862 for Hawick)
Irregular Border and Scottish runaway marriages
National Library of Scotland: guide to Scottish newspaper indexes Pittenweem St John's Episcopal births, deaths and marriages 1799-1854 Scottish mining website: Fatal accidents and disasters
Scottish strays; Scottish marriage index
Database of marriages submitted by Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society's Anglo-Scottish branch. Select Anglo-Scottish link and scroll down page. Wesleyan register of baptisms, Dundee, 1785-1898
England and Wales Ancestry.co.uk birth, marriage and death records: indexes 1837-2005
Subscription service providing a fully searchable/viewable electronic version of the index to civil birth, marriage and death records for England and Wales. BMDregisters.co.uk: the official non-parochial BMDs service
Pay-per-view database of the non-parochial registers of the non-Conformists 1567 to 1858 held by The National Archives in classes RG4 and RG5. Familyrelatives.com
Free searches of 1984-2005 indexes and overseas index 1761-2004. Findmypast.co.uk: births, marriages and deaths 1538-2005
A family history and genealogy website based in London, containing over 550 million family history records, with more being added all the time. Includes the Federation of Family History Societies national burial index. FreeBMD
Ongoing project to transcribe the statutory index of births, deaths and marriages from 1837 to 1983 with indexes mostly complete up to 1950. Genealogical sources at the National Library of Wales General Register Office
Includes online ordering of certificates and a guide to libraries and other centres which hold fiche copies of the statutory indexes for England and Wales. GENUKI: online parish clerks
The on-line parish clerks projects provide a focus for the transcription of historical records at parish level.
Ireland Available on our Irish family history page.
United Kingdom Births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea (1854-1890) (BMDregisters.co.uk)
Coal-mining history resource centre
A UK national database of mining deaths and injuries, 1850-1914. Deceased online
The central database for information about UK burials and cremations (includes Aberdeen plus Edinburgh Seafield and Warriston). FreeREG: UK parish register information
Jewish community in mid-19th century Britain
Ongoing project to provide Births, Deaths and Marriages and other information about Jews living in England, Scotland and Wales with data linked to the 1851 census. UKBMD
Online indexes from local registrars, England and Wales.
International Free obituaries on-line
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Covers all regions of the world. Part of the FamilySearch website which also includes the US social security death index. National Archives Norway: digitised parish registers New South Wales Registry of BDMs: online historical indexes</a> New Zealand birth, death and marriage historical records World GenWeb project
World Vital Records
the online population reports website (includes the statistical reports of the Registrar General for Scotland from 1855 to 1920) Gretna Green index (1795-1895) (Pay-per-view) Howff database (register of burials for Dundee's oldest cemetery)
Index of deaths from James Wilson's register (1825-1862 for Hawick)
Irregular Border and Scottish runaway marriages
National Library of Scotland: guide to Scottish newspaper indexes Pittenweem St John's Episcopal births, deaths and marriages 1799-1854 Scottish mining website: Fatal accidents and disasters
Scottish strays; Scottish marriage index
Database of marriages submitted by Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society's Anglo-Scottish branch. Select Anglo-Scottish link and scroll down page. Wesleyan register of baptisms, Dundee, 1785-1898
England and Wales Ancestry.co.uk birth, marriage and death records: indexes 1837-2005
Note - Ancestry has released a new search function and image viewer which is not compatible with Internet Explorer version 6. Click here for instructions: how to access and use the old viewer.
BMDindex.co.uk: complete BMD index 1837-2005Subscription service providing a fully searchable/viewable electronic version of the index to civil birth, marriage and death records for England and Wales. BMDregisters.co.uk: the official non-parochial BMDs service
Pay-per-view database of the non-parochial registers of the non-Conformists 1567 to 1858 held by The National Archives in classes RG4 and RG5. Familyrelatives.com
Free searches of 1984-2005 indexes and overseas index 1761-2004. Findmypast.co.uk: births, marriages and deaths 1538-2005
A family history and genealogy website based in London, containing over 550 million family history records, with more being added all the time. Includes the Federation of Family History Societies national burial index. FreeBMD
Ongoing project to transcribe the statutory index of births, deaths and marriages from 1837 to 1983 with indexes mostly complete up to 1950. Genealogical sources at the National Library of Wales General Register Office
Includes online ordering of certificates and a guide to libraries and other centres which hold fiche copies of the statutory indexes for England and Wales. GENUKI: online parish clerks
The on-line parish clerks projects provide a focus for the transcription of historical records at parish level.
Ireland Available on our Irish family history page.
United Kingdom Births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea (1854-1890) (BMDregisters.co.uk)
Coal-mining history resource centre
A UK national database of mining deaths and injuries, 1850-1914. Deceased online
The central database for information about UK burials and cremations (includes Aberdeen plus Edinburgh Seafield and Warriston). FreeREG: UK parish register information
Jewish community in mid-19th century Britain
Ongoing project to provide Births, Deaths and Marriages and other information about Jews living in England, Scotland and Wales with data linked to the 1851 census. UKBMD
Online indexes from local registrars, England and Wales.
International Free obituaries on-line
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Covers all regions of the world. Part of the FamilySearch website which also includes the US social security death index. National Archives Norway: digitised parish registers New South Wales Registry of BDMs: online historical indexes</a> New Zealand birth, death and marriage historical records World GenWeb project
World Vital Records
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