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How to Order England, Wales Birth Certificates
After a search of the BMD Index for England and Wales, order the actual birth, marriage or death certificate, or connect with others on a certificate exchange. more...
How to Search the BMD Index for England & Wales
The General Register Office holds all the BMD (birth, marriage and death) records for England and Wales since 1837. Find ancestors in the BMD Index to order certificates. more...
England & Scotland Cemetery Records on Internet
Cemetery records for some English & Scottish councils are free to search online, with more to come. Register details, grave images & maps are available for a small fee. more...
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Drouins Compile Large Quebec Genealogy Database
The Drouin genealogy collection is a bonanza for researchers of French Canadian Families. This data is becoming available online. more...
UK BMD Registration Certificate Info
By: Elaine Findlay
Civil registration for the UK began in England and Wales in 1837. So what family history information can be found on those certificates of births, marriages and deaths? more...
Cemetery and Death Records Trace Family History
By: Rick Evin
Death records contain a wealth of genealogical information as well as provide key clues leading to other vital records and avenues of research. more...
Book Has 10 Thousand Mayflower Family Marriages
George Bowman devoted more than 50 years to finding records of Mayflower families. A contemporary genealogist has extracted 10,000 marriages from his records. more...
Two Sets of Corbet Family Bible Records
Genealogists love to find family Bible records and here are two sets of them for the Corbet family of Mendon and New Braintree, MA. more...
These Phinney Family Bible records were started by Zenas Phinney (1752-1848) of Massachusetts. He kept them in a Bible printed in 1815. more...
Nancy Choroszy moved into a home in Saco, Maine, where she found an old Higgins family Bible with the data genealogists consider a bonanza. more...
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