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Where do you come from?

UKBMD

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CENSUSES

CIVIL BMDRECORDS

About 1840

PARISHRECORDS

GENES REUNITED

GENUKI , FHS, GOONS, ETC

GOOGLE, ROOTSWEB and OTHER LISTS

Ancestry.co.ukLDS 1881

Findmypast.com

FreeBMDAncestry

Findmypast.comLocal BMD

sites

LDS Microfiche

LDS IGI / BVRI

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Original and Derivative records

• An original genealogical record or source is one that is just that – original. It was not copied from another record, and is considered the most reliable.

• A derivative source is one that was copied from another record. This might be by transcription by hand or machine, photocopies, microfilm, or abstracts. The more layers of copying between a derivative record and the

original, the more potential for problems

• Because every repetition or recopying of data is an opportunity for error, the closer the derivative is to the original the more reliable the data are likely to be

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BMD records

• Basic concept: for research, it is better to look as close as possible to the primary sources of information

• For BMD records, indexes are first kept at the local register office before they are sent for copying and compilation into the GRO indexes

• Avoid possible transcription errors or inadvertent omissions

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Balance

• Access to local register office indexescuts out some of the chances of transcription errors and omissions

• GRO indexes are however essential in providing national coverage in times when our ancestors increasingly moved about the country

• Use both

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From just one county ten years ago, Cheshire, the UKBMD project now has nine regions of the country with Birth, Marriage and Death indexes online

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• This website project is the bringing together of work of volunteers from various family history societies, working closely with their local register offices

• This website also provides over 1800 links to other BMD and census related websites

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One Name Studies

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British Abroad

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