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What is BVRI?

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Fiona

Fiona Report 15 May 2009 18:05

I have seen this mentioned in several threads and it looks like it could be very useful.
What is the web address for it please, what does it contain and is there a cost to browse it?
Thansk for all the replies I know this will generate

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 May 2009 18:08

I think this is British Vital Records Index

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Joy

Joy Report 15 May 2009 18:57

It is the British Vital Records Index on a CD.

http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/


http://www.ancestor-search.info/SRC-IGI.htm#BVRI

British Isles Vital Records Index General
The British Isles Vital Records Index (BVRI) supplements the IGI
It is an index to around 10 million births/baptisms and around 2 million marriages in the British Isles from 1538 to 1888 (with the majority being in England Wales)
Few of the index entries in the British Isles Vital Records Index appear in the IGI

The British Isles Vital Records Index can be viewed at your local LDS Family History Centre, at the Society of Genealogists and at many record offices and local study centres
It can also be viewed in the comfort of your own home - the complete British Isles Vital Records Index is provided in a reasonably priced (£15.65) boxed set of 16 CD-ROMs published by the Latter-day Saints. It can be ordered by phone (0121 785 2200) from their distribution centre in Birmingham. For details see the Order LDS CDs page on the Latter-day Saints London Family History Centre website. Many County Libraries have a copy of this set of CD-ROMs