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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Jane	Report	17 Mar 2004 15:30
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Please can someone tell me how you can either buy or access the British Vital Records Index. Thanks a lot Jane
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	17 Mar 2004 15:46
	You can order it by phone from LDS in Birmingham. BEWARE: Some counties have very few entries - Leicestershire has only 611 births and 87 marriages while Lincs has 390,709 and 128,092. I think the figures are on the LDS site somewhere.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Rebecca	Report	17 Mar 2004 15:49
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Jane, There are a few people on the records office board that have the index, who will do lookups for you. I have seen it come up quite often for sale on ebay. Hope this is of some help, Rebecca
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Jane	Report	17 Mar 2004 15:51
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Hi Geoff and Rebecca Thanks for that information i think i would like to get a copy because i don't want to keep asking the same kind people to keep on doing look ups for me. Jane
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Jane	Report	17 Mar 2004 15:54
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 3,590 Send Message	Hi everyone can anyone tell me how reliable the British Vital Records is. Jane