English & Welsh - Births, Marriages, Deaths & Census
BDM certificates – English and Welsh (Civil registration from 1837)
- English & Welsh births, deaths & marriages certificates – http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ (General Register Office)
- English & Welsh births, deaths & marriages index – http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ (free, incomplete, but helpful)
- English & Welsh births, deaths & marriages index & some censuses – http://www.ukbmd.org.uk (free but incomplete)
- Ancestry.co.uk – http://www.ancestry.co.uk (GRO indexes free & complete, census images cost)
- English & Welsh births, deaths & marriages index – http://www.findmypast.com (complete but costs)
Key Events in UK Civil Registration
Chapman Codes
- Chapman Codes – http://www.jaunay.com/chapman.html
Soundex codes
Census (England & Wales)
- Background on British censuses – http://www.sag.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30
Also – http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6829&cj=1&o_xid=0001231185&o_lid=0001231185 - 1881 English census – http://www.familysearch.org (free, on right, choose US, British & Canadian Census)
- English & Welsh census – http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ (free but incomplete)
- UK Censuses 1841-1901 – http:www.ancestry.co.uk (original images, complete but cost, Scottish are transcriptions)
- English 1901 census – http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk (costs)