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0. Preface
1. Introduction
2. First Steps
3. On-line Starting Points
4. Using On-line Sources
5. On-line Sources: Civil Registration
6. On-line Sources: Census
7. On-line Sources: Parish Registers
8. Other Records On-line
9. Archives & Libraries
10. Surnames Interests & Pedigrees
11. Social Groups
    • Churches & Clergy
    • Occupations
    • Crime & Punishment
    • The Armed Forces
    • Colonies & Migration
    • Royal & Notable Families
12. Geography
13. History
14. Photographs
15. Discussion Forums
16. Search Engines
17. Publishing your family history on-line
18. The World of Family History
19. Issues for on-line genealogists

• Internet Glossary
• Bibliography

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5. Online Sources: Civil registration

England and Wales

• [049] Family Records Centre
• [049] Family Records Centre: Topics: Births, Marriages and Deaths
• [049] General Register Office
• [050] GRO: Certificate ordering service
• [050] Genuki: Civil Registration
• [050] Registration Certificate Tutorials
• [050] Mark Howells Ordering Birth Registration Certificates from England and Wales
• [050] About.com: Civil Registration in England and Wales

GRO Indexes

• [051] FreeBMD
• [051] FreeBMD: RoosWeb mirror
• [051] FreeBMD: Coverage Charts
• [053] FreeBMD: FreeBMD-News mailing list
• [053] 1837online - now called findmypast
• [055] BMDindex
• [056] FamilyRelatives

Local BMD projects

• [057] UKBMD
• [057] CheshireBMD
• [057] BathBMD
• [057] LancashireBMD
• [057] NorthWalesBMD
• [057] StaffordshireBMD
• [057] WestMidlandsBMD
• [058] WiltshireBMD
• [058] YorkshireBMD
• [058] CAMDEX
• [058] Darlington
• [058] Durham County Council
• [058] Kent Registration Services
• [058] Tees Valley Indexes
• [058] Warwickshire COunty BMDs
• [059] Wrexham Marriage Index
• [059] Isle of Wight FHS: BMD index
• [059] Northumberland and Durham FHS: Newcastle Register Office Indexes
• [059] FamilyHistoryOnline
• [059] NortheastBMD

Register offices and registration districts

• [059] Genuki: Registration Districts In England And Wales (1837-1930)
• [060] Genuki: Local Register Offices In England & Wales
• [060] Genuki: Registration Districts In England and Wales (1837-1930)
• [060] Genuki: Gro Indexes Registration Districts
• [060] Genuki: Index Of Places In England And Wales
• [060] General Register Office

Future developments

• [060] Civil Registration: Vital Change
• [061] GRO: Looking Ahead
• [061] FFHS: Government White Paper: Civil Registration - Vital Changes
• [061] FFHS: Government White Paper - Annex C: Access To Bm&D Registration Records And Their Contents
• [061] Society of Genealogists: Civil Registration: Delivering Vital Change. Response from the Society of Genealogists
• [061] FFHS: Response to 'Civil Registration: delivering vital change'
• [061] House of Commons: Minutes Of Evidence Taken Before Regulatory Reform Committee
• [061] FFHS: Letter to the Regulatory Reform Review Committee
• [061] House of Lords Regulatory Reform Committee Report
• [061] House of Commons: Regulatory Reform Committee Report
• [061] FFHS: Report Of House Of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
• [061] FFHS: Report Of House Of Commons Regulatory Reform Committee
• [061] DOVE: invitation to tender

Scotland

• [062] General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)
• [062] Genuki: Introduction to Scottish Family History
• [062] GROS: How can GROS help me research my Scottish ancestors
• [062] GROS: List of Registration Offices
• [063] GROS: Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates
• [063] Scottish And LDS Genealogical Reference Information
• [063] GROS: List of Registration Districts
• [063] ScotlandsPeople
• [063] Scots Origins

Ireland

• [064] General Register Office (Republic of Ireland)
• [064] General Register Office (Northern Ireland)
• [064] The National Archives of Ireland: Useful Genealogical Sources: Records of births, marriages and deaths
• [064] GRO (Ireland): Bringing Civil Registration into the 21st Century
• [064] Sean Murphy: A Guide to the General Register Office of Ireland
• [064] Sean Murphy: A Guide to the General Register Office of Ireland: Introduction
• [064] Republic of Ireland: Civil Registration Bill 2003
• [065] Genealogy Society of Ireland: Civil Registration In Ireland: "Bringing Civil Registration into the 21st Century"
• [065] GRONI: Civil Registration in the 21st century
• [065] FamilySearch
• [065] Civil Registration - IGI and BVRI
• [065] Family History Library Batch Numbers
• [065] Sean Murphy: Poor Law Unions/Registration Districts by County
• [065] ConnorsGenealogy: Ireland Civil Registration Registrars' Districts
• [065] ConnorsGenealogy: Ireland Registrar's Districts and corresponding counties
• [065] From-Ireland: Civil Registration
• [065] From-Ireland: BMD's by Registration District

Local Transcripts

• [066] Waterford County Library: Death Register Database search (often times out)
• [066] RootsWeb: User-Contributed Databases: Ireland
• [066] County Cork: Civil Registrations
• [066] Ireland CMC Genealogy Record Project

Offshore

• [066] Isle of Man: Civil Registry
• [066] Research in the Channel Islands FAQ
• [066] Channel Islands Genealogy: Volunteers

Certificate Exchanges

• [067] UK BDM Exchange
• [067] UK BDM Exchange
• [067] Scotland BDM Exchange
• [067] Ireland. Births or baptisms, Deaths & Marriages Exchange

Overseas

• [067] 1837online - now called findmypast
• [068] GenWeb: Country Index
• [068] Cyndi's List
• [068] Cyndi's List: Births
• [068] Cyndi's List: Deaths
• [068] Cyndi's List: Marriages
• [068] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages: Search Historical Indexes
• [068] British Columbia Archives: Vital Events Indexes
• [068] Cyndi's List: U.S. Vital Records

This page was last revised by Peter Christian, December 10 2007.
Please report any errors or problems to tgi@spub.co.uk.
All material on these pages © 2005 Peter Christian.