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Family Records Centre Civil registration of life events was introduced in England and Wales in 1837. Indexes to the certificates are held by the Family Records Centre. Microfiche copies are also available at some local libraries and record offices and at Family History Centres of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Information about copies held locally can be found at the Familia web site, - UK and Irelands guide to genealogical resources in Public Libraries. It is also worth trying the FreeBMD website which is a searchable database of the Birth, Death and Marriage indexes - this is a volunteer-run project and the database is not yet complete. The National Library of Wales is acknowledged as the principal centre for researching Welsh genealogy and also has copies of the ONS indexes for Wales and England.

Civil registration of life events was introduced in Scotland in 1855. Certificates are held by the General Register Office for Scotland, The Scots Origins web site provides online access to indexes to these records.

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