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i've seen people offering lookups but i have no idea what info is available.....c...x

Hi Claire & Tracy, The BVRI has births/baptisms and marriages from the whole of the British Isles. Some areas are better covered, than others. Is searchable by almost anything! First name, surname, date, area, fathers name, etc,etc. This is the statistics from the package: British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition The British Isles Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) on compact disc contains information from birth, christening, and marriage records from selected parishes and other sources in the British Isles. The records are from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. This set of compact discs includes and updates the 1998 version of the British Isles Vital Records Index. The British Isles Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) includes: Civil and church records dated from 1530 to 1906. Approximately 12.3 million total records on 16 compact discs, plus the Family History Resource File Viewer disc, which is used to view the information. Birth and christening records that include the individual's name, parents' names, and date and place where the event was registered. Marriage records that include the individual's name, name of spouse, date and place of marriage, and parents' names when available. Reference information that helps you locate original records on microfilm. Please note that this set of compact discs does not contain all available records from this time period or from these localities. The time span, content, and availability of records vary greatly from parish to parish within each county. Records have been transcribed more completely from some counties than from others. Some names found on these compact discs may also be found on the International Genealogical Index (IGI), produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Country County Births and Christenings Marriages England (Back to Top) 6,701,915 1,709,525 Bedfordshire 33,515 6,619 Berkshire 57,837 14,310 Buckinghamshire 33,265 5,783 Cambridgeshire 157,016 29,162 Cheshire 285,892 51,607 Cornwall 6,249 10,563 Cumberland 7,285 1,199 Derbyshire 220,759 52,885 Devonshire 10,148 2,413 Dorset 342,117 61,663 Durham 33,766 2,919 Essex 61,787 23,400 Gloucestershire 189,039 93,780 Hampshire 205,708 42,121 Herefordshire 190,796 32,499 Hertfordshire 275,730 66,597 Huntingdonshire 108,627 31,375 Isle of Man 4,267 28 Kent 292,808 47,403 Lancashire 825,657 287,538 Leicestershire 611 87 Lincolnshire 390,709 128,092 London 181,123 17,793 Monmouthshire 7,113 8,494 Norfolk 69,787 34,168 Northamptonshire 2,863 84,301 Northumberland 316,301 917 Nottinghamshire 177,718 47,667 Oxfordshire 9,014 1,111 Rutland 1,309 187 Shropshire 36,339 10,566 Somersetshire 15,956 1,225 Staffordshire 421,036 128,327 Suffolk 174,420 18,394 Surrey 101,080 16,765 Sussex 337,818 71,580 Warwickshire 78,539 12,926 Westmorland 67,043 25,590 Wiltshire 526,143 122,800 Worcestershire 73,064 20,023 Yorkshire 371,661 94,648 Country County Births and Christenings Marriages Ireland (Back to Top) 1,133,204 98,793 Antrim 92,120 17,959 Armagh 34,366 5,993 Carlow 9,572 431 Cavan 22,292 1,719 Clare 28,309 417 Cork 100,310 3,991 Donegal 37,268 2,754 Down 51,553 12,036 Dublin 84,404 9,545 Fermanagh 17,410 2,415 Galway 52,024 1,401 Kerry 43,829 513 Kildare 13,791 458 Kilkenny 18,653 563 Kings 11,679 622 Leitrim 16,700 491 Limerick 35,836 1,356 Londonderry 30,691 5,490 Longford 9,419 409 Louth 16,449 461 Mayo 58,689 540 Meath 17,050 440 Monaghan 17,650 2,012 Queens 11,740 488 Roscommon 107,519 12,730 Sligo 42,577 3,362 Tipperary 40,913 1,169 Tyrone 35,936 6,288 Waterford 23,600 579 Westmeath 11,065 405 Wexford 24,696 889 Wicklow 15,094 867 Country County Births and Christenings Marriages Scotland (Back to Top) 2,453,319 41,080 Aberdeen 4,673 325 Angus 9,410 750 Argyllshire 40,069 1,501 Ayrshire 222,864 13,614 Banffshire 515 62 Berwickshire 100,226 320 Buteshire 20,764 946 Caithness 1,218 3 Clackmannan 2,907 37 Dumfries 130,296 83 Dunbarton 1,560 105 East Lothian 159,349 155 Fifeshire 91,347 4,724 Inverness-shire 853 20 Kincardineshire 287 12 Kinross 12 0 Kirkcudbright 62,935 2 Lanarkshire 338,372 10,067 Midlothian 576,127 2,109 Morayshire 1,329 37 Nairn 4 0 Orkney 16 36 Peeblesshire 40,401 81 Perthshire 20,049 678 Renfrewshire 147,879 1,175 Ross and Cromarty 645 1 Roxburgh 124,632 19 Selkirk 19,148 0 Shetland 486 2 Stirlingshire 182,141 2,774 Sutherland 20 0 West Lothian 94,595 1,404 Wigtownshire 58,190 38 Country County Births and Christenings Marriages Wales (Back to Top) 17,655 4,115 Anglesey 1 0 Breconshire 29 0 Caernarvonshire 4 0 Cardiganshire 10 0 Carmarthenshire 18 0 Denbighshire 4,517 895 Flintshire 6,243 1,287 Glamorganshire 57 186 Merionethshire 2 0 Montgomeryshire 4,745 704 Pembrokeshire 14 710 Radnorshire 2,015 333 Localities Dr. William’s Library. This collection contains some records for individuals of British origin born in foreign countries. These records have been indexed under “London” because the collection is located there. Suffolk County, England. Births, christenings, and marriages can be searched only by county, not by parish. Suffolk county records include most parishes after 1815. Ireland Civil Registration. Births and marriages can be searched at the country and county level only. These records are dated from 1845 to 1874 but are not complete for any given year. Records without a County. Births and Christenings: 10,335 (England—8,394; Ireland—1,940; Scotland—1). Marriages: 21,161 (England—171; Ireland—20,990). Debbie

WOW Deb. That is a lot of information. Can you buy the discs and if so where from Cheers. Alyson

Thanks for the info Debbie, sorry i took so long to acknowledge your reply - got side tracked on the General Board. c x

You can buy the discs from LDS Distribution Centre 399 Garrets Green Lane, Birmingham, B33 0UH Tel: 0121 785 2200 Fax: 0121 789 7686 give them a ring to find out the current price. Good news is they come with Resource file viewer 4.0 which enables you to do more complex searches on your 1881 CD set. The 1881 set which includes Scotland, unlike the online version, is also available from the above address. dave

Thanks for asking the question Claire and thanks Deb for the answer!! Gail.

Thanks everyone for your answers. Think i know what i want for my Birthday - shame it's still 3 months away!!!! c x

Apologies for seeming to ignore the questions asked. Like Clare got side-tracked on another board, then had to go to work. Think everythings been covered by others, thanks. Tracy, Quite the opposite. The search facicilites are very good and very quick. Can search by any possible combination of names, dates, areas. Debbie

This is brilliant info, thanks. Suex

david - you very kindly added address to order cd,s can you tell me what years it covers many thanks j.

thank diane i think i will send away for them as im not getting any further in my tree, i am stuck at a marraige which i have dates in 1857, death certificates for both but unable to find out where they were born, is it possible to write to where the marraige was registered and obtain copy of marraige cert. without knowing a reference number? many thanks anyway janice

before you order them why not check out ebay first. I bought a set on there this morning for 12.50 + postage. Its not BIVRI 2 but it will do me fine. Can't wait to get them. Pam

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If you'd like a look-up on the discs before you buy I'd be happy to do so. Not all areas are covered. There's basically no coverage for London.

Before you all rush out and buy the CD's, those of you with Ancestry subscriptions already have access to the much of this data:

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906:
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351

England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940:
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352

I don't have the CD set so cannot confirm whether they are exactly the same as the Ancestry records or not, and Ancestry don't seem to include the Scotland & Ireland records. But for England and Wales, certainly check out the Ancestry databases first (you can do a free search of the index, even if you're not a member).

Richard

Just for interest, if you're thinking of buying from ebay. The 2nd. edition has much more info. 1st. edition has 5 cd's, 2nd. edition 16.