England & Wales Birth Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2005
There are three Birth, Marriage and Death Index collections and it is important that you search the right one to find the person that you’re looking for. Click here for more information on the BMD Indexes and how to search them.
Complete BMD Index ranges & Images 1837-1983
This collection is complete but your search result will indicate the first and last name on the relevant page (image). Once you’ve opened the image you can then scroll down and look for your ancestor yourself on the page. If you’re looking for events from around 1920 to 1983 you will need to search here.
If you’re looking for a birth, marriage or death from between 1837 and around 1920, you will find individual matches in this collection. You can also view the index page images in this collection. The information is gradually being transcribed so we update this collection when new years become available.
This collection is transcribed meaning you’ll find the individual entry for the birth, marriage or death that you are looking for if it occurred between 1984 and 2005. Please note there are no index images associated with births, marriages or deaths post 1983.
