Family History Guides

BMD Summery

This is a brief summery of the Births, Marriage and Death records.

In 1837 the government made in law that all births, marriages and deaths had to registered with the state.  Each recorded entry was given volume and a page number, the events was also split into quarters 
Jan, Feb, Mar 
Apr, May, Jun
Jul, Aug, Sept
Oct, Nov, Dec

So an example Birth might look like this:

Year: 1864
Qtr: Mar
Vol: 1C
Page: 654

To obtain a birth, marriage or death certificate you will need all these piece of information.  Once you have them you can order a certificate from the GRO (General Records Office).

Article ID: 27

Article Section: Birth Marriage Death

Written by: James