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The Official Non-Parochial BMDs ServiceComing Soon...Launch date: 14 September 2007The Hidden RecordsBirth, marriage and death records are the most important way of tracking down your ancestors. The trouble is the BMD records in the General Record Office main index only go back as far as 1837 and even then many events are missing from these records due to the nature of the material. The hidden birth, marriage and death records have been compiled from various unpublished registries and many unusually include records of three generations of a family. These are a fantastic resource for the family historian and often prove to be the only record of the events. The returns from various registries were submitted to the GRO but it was felt as these events were not part of the official system they would not be included in the standard GRO index. These records are now held at The National Archives. Genealogy Supplies recognised the importance of the records and applied and won the bid to make these available online as part of The National Archives LIA scheme. This new release of online records means that for the first time these additional BMD records can be searched with ease rather than looking through millions of images on thousands of reels of microfilm. With the major part of the release now completed the online launch will be 14th September 2007 on the site www.BMDRegisters.co.uk. This will allow you to search over six million individuals with ease and allow you to see three generations of a family for many of the records.
See examples of famous people included in the BMD Registers See a full list of datasets which will be available on this site in the near future |