Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
Perhaps these articles on our website may help:
Census 1841 - 1911

Birth, Death and Marriage Registration

The London Gazette

Newspaper archives

Trade Directories

Birth, Death and Marriage information

Also see our article on Birth, Death and Marriage certificates

FreeBMD
Project to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.

FreeReg
Project to provide baptism, marriage, and burial records, transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K.

BMD Registers
Non-parochial and nonconformist registers between 1567-1840. Part of the National Archives’ records held in classifications RG 4 and RG 5.

General Registry Office
Covering England and Wales, it provides information on how to apply for BMD certificates online, by post, phone or fax.

General Register Office
Covering Northern Ireland, it provides information on how to apply for BMD certificates.

General Register Office
Covering Scotland, it provides information on how to apply for BMD certificates.

Ancestry.co.uk England and Wales BMD registers.

ScotlandsPeople
Official government source for Scottish genealogy, census and family research.

Find My Past
Access to various census returns and England and Wales BMD registers.

Findmypast.co.uk
Access to various census returns and England and Wales BMD registers.

Note: the online records compiled by Family History Societies and orginally held on Family History Online is now to be found on Findmypast.co.uk.