BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH TIPS

1 FIND EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY IN THE BIRTH AND DEATH INDEXES

The General Register Office’s free birth and death indexes) are invaluable. The birth indexes show the mother’s maiden name back to 1837 (also now available on Findmypast), so you can check that you have the right birth entry or search for all births from a couple. The death index gives age at death back to 1837.