Births, Marriages & Deaths

Civil registration from 1837

These resources cover civil registration which started in 1837. For earlier records see parish registers.

  • Free BMD

    An ongoing project to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free access to the transcribed records.

  • FamilySearch

    Has many record sets for the UK and most of the world.

  • Find My Past BMDs

    Births, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales.

  • BMD Registers

    The Official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs Service. Covers records of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial from non-parish sources including Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Quakers, Presbyterians, Unitarians and many others, plus maternity and overseas records.

  • Marriage Locator

    Helps you interpret the Marriage Index created by the General Register Office for England and Wales, so you can determine where your ancestors were married — not just which Registration District, but which church.

  • Scotland's People

    Search the statutory registers of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland from 1855 to the present.