Great Britain & Ireland
• Civil registrations & Parish records• Official Non-Conformist Registers• Census (1911 being added progressively)• Directories• Military records• Land records• Electoral Rolls and Poll Books• PCC Wills and images• Peerage & heritage records• Newspapers & magazines• Occupational lists
BMDs
•Award winning BMD service•YFT Magazine site of the year•Includes entries missing from the
microfiche and film•Overseas BMDs•Now completely searchable marriages
back to 1837, births from 1960 and deaths from 1984
GRO Overseas BMDs
•Marine Births & Deaths 1837-1965•Army Births, Marriages & Deaths 1747-
1980•Air Births, Deaths & Missing 1949-1966•Informal certificates of births at sea
1839-1867•Consular records
▫Births 1849-1885▫Marriages 1916-1935▫Deaths 1849-1940
TNA Overseas Birth Records
•RG33 Overseas BMD and burials of British subjects including those on board ships▫Covers 1627 to 1960▫Contains original registers, notebooks
and copies of entries•RG32 POWs and Civilian deaths•RG34 Foreign marriages including WWI•Lots more ...
Non-Conformist & Non-Parochial Records
•Largest collection of non-conformist records online – over 8 million individuals
•Invaluable for non-conformist families•Produce trees•Includes early birth certificates•Many records contain extensive
information
Non-Conformist Records
•RG4 Series▫Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials
1567-1858▫Includes Baptist, Independent
Presbyterian, Wesleyans, Roman Catholics and Protestant Refugees
•RG8 Series▫British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn 1749-
1868▫Very detailed records of births &
baptisms
Non-Conformist Records
•RG6 Series – Quakers (Society of Friends) ▫1.3 million individuals complete with
images and family tree•RG7 Series – Fleet marriages
▫1667 to 1777▫800,000 people listed▫Over half of London marriages were here
Parish Records
•Millions of records from 1540 onwards•Transcript books•Original register images•Transcript databases•Continually expanding ... Many Catholic
registers just released in October
Census
•Complete census for England and Wales•Full transcripts•Images•1911 census project underway – over 8
million records so far (19 counties)•Save records to log or TreeView
PCC Wills 1384 to 1858
•Over 840,000 Wills•Over 200 years complete•All mariners had to make a will before
going to sea
Military Records
•Largest set of Army and Navy Lists available online
•WWI deaths•WW2 Deaths•Rolls of Honour•and more ...
Poll Books and Directories
•Directories – Post Office, Commercial and Telephone
•Poll Books – useful as early voters lists
•Electoral registers•Electoral Roll London
2005
Diamond Content – priority access•A greater range of electoral records
including new transcripts•International records•Newspapers and magazines•Telephone directories•Occupational lists•Peerage and heritage records•Regimental records
International records
Australia•Electoral rolls (can only see Qld 1900)•Transportation records•Census & muster rolls•Directories from 1834-1937•New South Wales Landholders•Telephone directories•Regional Cyclopaedias & Dictionaries of
Biography
International records
New Zealand•Post Office Directories•Early Settler’s Lists & Biographies•Military Records
▫Rolls of Honour▫Regimental records▫Biographies and histories
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•Keyword•Classic Master Name•Street and House•Family Forename Search•Advanced•Search specific databases
Keyword Master Search
•Use ANY information to search for a person▫Name▫Occupation▫Address▫Number (for example, street number /
age)•Entries will be returned which match
Family Forename Search
•Ideal for the Smiths, Browns, Joneses and other common surnames
•Good for finding names resulting from poor handwriting
•Can enter multiple forenames•Can use County / Surname / Birth
decade to refine the search
Classic Master Name Search
•Just enter the surname and/or forename•Returns matches across all databases•Select one of interest
Street & House Search
•Select the year and county of interest•Enter at least 3 letters from the address•Can use wildcards•Select from the matching streets•Select the house in the street
•Allows you to store and optionally share your tree
•Upload and attach pictures to family•Attach records from your research•View all relatives in one go with the
“Full Tree” view•Search across millions of records from
other users family trees