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What's the big deal about 1837?
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Alison | Report | 11 Dec 2004 09:34 |
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Sorry for my ignorance but I am quite new to all this. What happened in 1837 and why is it many records only go back as far as 1837? Thank you. Alison |
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Patricia | Report | 11 Dec 2004 09:41 |
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1837 was the year that the government started registering births, deaths and marriages. This quote is from Ancestry "On 1 July 1837 a civil registration system for births, marriages and deaths was introduced in England and Wales. Registration was undertaken by civil registrars who reported to the Registrar General at the General Register Office (GRO) in London, now part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS)." Trish |
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Unknown | Report | 11 Dec 2004 09:43 |
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Alison 1st July 1837 is when civil registration came into force. Before that, people got baptised, married and buried according to the Church of England, but their date of birth was not always recorded. Many marriages were also irregular - and the 1837 change meant that all births, marriages and deaths had to be registered in the same way. As the Church of England was (and is) the established religion, people who married according to C of E rites were automatically registered, but Roman Catholics, Jews, non-conformists had to register their marriages. There have been many changes to civil registration, including tightening up things in 1875. So prior to 1837 you are dependent on family records and parish registers where they survive. After 1837 you can usually get a certificate from the GRO for life events. nell |
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Mystified | Report | 11 Dec 2004 09:48 |
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1837 is a way of looking for births, marriages and deaths of relatives. You can then purchase the certificate so that you can verify your research. Believe it or believe it not some people have Family Trees with hundreds of names and none have been verified. |
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Alan | Report | 11 Dec 2004 11:14 |
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You can browse through the Ancestry.co.uk website The St Caths Website and/or Free Bmd website. Don't worry about being a first timer, we all are when we start. I've found these sites to be extremely useful. Good luck Regards |
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Anne | Report | 11 Dec 2004 14:27 |
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If you want to look at the GRO indexes of births, marriages and deaths (which began in 1837 and contiues to this day) you can do it FREE! You'll find copies of the index at large libraries, county archives and the Family Records in London. Of course if you live a fair distance from one of these it would probably work out cheaper to use and pay for the 1837online. Once you have the reference number you can send for a certificate (£7) which will give information not available anywhere else. Anne |
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