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BVR1? can someone explain?

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Keith

Keith Report 25 Nov 2004 22:58

Hi Judith, It's the "British Isles Vital Records Index", produced by L.D.S. and has about 10,000,000 birth/christening records and about 2,500,000 marriage records. Not everyone's favourite, but I have found it useful. Regards, Keith, Sunny Cairns, Australia

Jude 3

Jude 3 Report 25 Nov 2004 22:57

Thank you for the info helen & Keith - judy

Keith

Keith Report 25 Nov 2004 22:55

Hi Judith, It's the "British Isles Vital Records Index", produced by L.D.S. and has about 10,000,000 birth/christening records and about 2,500,000 marriage records. Not everyones favourite, but I have found it useful. Regards, Keith, Sunny Cairns, Australia

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Nov 2004 22:52

British Isles Vital Records Index. Whilst since 1992 the IGI has included a mixture of entries extracted from official sources worldwide and compiled family records deposited with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the 12.3 million names in ***British Isles Vital Records Index *(BIVRI), issued in 2002, have been taken solely from vital records between 1538 and 1906. It covers England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Isle of Man. Each entry contains a reference to a microfilm copy of the original source, which can then be searched in a Family History Centre. At present the BIVRI is available only on CDROM, at the Family Records Centre, The National Archives, and many Family History Centres, local libraries and record offices. Tip: neither the IGI nor BIVRI is fully comprehensive. They do not contain everything that was written in a record about a particular person, so use them as a finding aid and then search the original source.

Jude 3

Jude 3 Report 25 Nov 2004 22:45

could someone please explain what BVR1 is - i have seen lots of people saying they have and can do lookups but what is it? judy