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Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of the British Vital Index Records. I tried to order them through the LDS website, they wanted 27 pounds for postage, the disks only cost 20! total 47 pounds Michelle

michelle i bought mine off ebay i paid £28 and i think it was £3 p&p why not have a look and put in a bid susie

Hi there, The Vital Records can be bought from the LDS they are priced £22.95, including postage and packing. Their address is:- The Distribution Centre, Family History CDs, 399, Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham. B33 OUH Mary You can order over the phone with a credit of debit card. the no.is 08 700 10 20 51

try 0870 -010 2051 don't know whether still works was ok last year. Think it's in Birmingham, but could be wrong about that. Kim

Sorry to be a bit thick, I'm quite new to all this but is there more information on the CD of the BVIR than appears on the LDS website??

The info is pretty much the same as is on the IGI - marriages usually have fathers' names after 1837 and ages of the happy couple (no occupations). In case you are wondering about the coverage in the various counties County Births and Christenings Marriages England 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 County Births and Christenings Marriages Ireland 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 County Births and Christenings Marriages Scotland 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 County Births and Christenings Marriages Wales 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).

If the info is on the website what is the point in buying the CD then?

I think it may give more parents info than the Igi Kim

Hi there, British Vital Records are not on any web site. Mary

So its not the same as the LDS site then???

No, it is extra to the I.G.I. There are some Vital Records on the LDS site but they are not British. That is why there are so many people asking for look ups on the Records Office. Mary

Thank you everyone for the information I though there must be a cheaper way than the LDS website. lol Michell