England and Wales
Births - Marriages Deaths
A fully searchable index is available on the FreeBMD site at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
Digitised index pages are available in Ancestry (Library Edition) in eResources.
Indexes to English BDMs at sea and at overseas consulates, etc. from 1761-1994 are available free of charge at http://www.familyrelatives.com
FamilySearch at http://www.familysearch.org provides a fully searchable index to a large collection of parish records of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well as other records from around the world.
- General index births registered in England and Wales, 1837-2004
An index, arranged by quarter of the year and then alphabetically by surname, to births registered in England and Wales from 1st July 1837 to December 2004. The General Register Office was previously at St. Catharine’s House, London (now Family History Centre).
Microfiche Drawer no. B; Call no. mc 2068 - General index marriages registered in England and Wales, 1837-2003
An index, arranged by quarter of the year and then alphabetically by surname, to marriages registered in England and Wales from 1st July 1837 to December 2003. The General Register Office was previously at St. Catharine’s House, London (now Family History Centre).
Microfiche Drawer no. M; Call no. mc 2070 - General index deaths registered in England and Wales, 1837-2004
An index, arranged by quarter of the year and then alphabetically by surname, to deaths registered in England and Wales from 1st July 1837 to December 2004. The General Register Office was previously at St. Catharine’s House, London (now Family History Centre).
Microfiche Drawer no. D; Call no. mc 2069
Directories
- English Census Directories Project
Arranged by county.
Microfiche Drawer no. 21; Call no. mc N 1071 - Welsh Census Directories Project
Arranged by region.
Microfiche Drawer no. 21; Call no. mc N 1578
Government Records
- The Army Index, 1787
An index to the list of the officers of the Army and Marines and to the list of the officers on half-pay, published by the War Office 15 Feb 1787.
Microfiche Drawer no. 21; Call no. mc N 2045. Also on CD through the National Library catalogue - Soldiers Service Documents
An incomplete series of attestation and discharge papers. Before 1883 this series mainly relates to servicemen who were pensioned off.
Enter name of service man under Name or Phrase and “WO 97” under Department or Series Code for a brief summary of serviceman’s record.
Available on The National Archives (UK) website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp?j=1 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey London, 1674-1834
The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digitised collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey proceedings from 1674 to 1834, allowing access to 100,000 trials.
In addition this website includes digital images of 60,000 original pages of the proceedings, information on the historical and legal background to trials at the Old Bailey, links to descriptions of published and manuscript materials relating to the trials covered in the proceedings. Contemporary maps, and images and transcriptions of related manuscript and printed materials for the decade 1746 to 1755, have also been provided.
Available in eResources or at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
Probate
- National Probate Calendars, 1858-1943
Contains an index to English and Welsh Wills and Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish entries. The index for those leaving wills is arranged by calendar year, then in alphabetical order by surname of the deceased. The entry for each person shows the value of the estate, the date and place of death, the occupation and residence of the deceased, the names of all executors, and additional information that is helpful identifying the deceased.
Microfiche Cabinet P; Call no. mc 2251
Note: Indexes to the Wills and Administrations are in separate sections for the years 1858-1870. Irish and Scottish entries are found in a separate index at the back of each year’s fiche.
Shipping and Passenger Records
- Crew Lists and Agreements for the years 1863 to 1913
This CD is a database intended primarily as a finding aid of records drawn from Crew Lists, Crew Agreements and Log Books for the period 1863-1913 held in local record offices in the British Isles and at the British Public Record Office. The list has sections sorted by mariner’s name and by ship.
Available in eResources. - Lloyd’s Captains’ Register
Contains the names and services of certified masters of the British mercantile marine now afloat in 1869. Compiled from the records of the Registrar-General of Seamen.
Microfiche Drawer no. 21; Call no. mc 2212
Note: Indexes to the registers have been produced for surnames beginning with the letters A-E, I-L, N-Q, U-V and Y-Z for the series Ms 18567 of the British PRO, covering the years 1869 (retrospective to 1851 for those masters and mates still sailing in 1869)-1911 at http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm - UK Outbound Passenger Lists, 1890-
This database features BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1890. Coverage will gradually expand to 1960. The index includes not only immigrants and emigrants, but also businessmen, diplomats and tourists. Images of the passenger lists are available for a fee.
Available at http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ - AJCP Ships Logs Index
An unpublished booklet listing alphabetically all mentions of ships’ logs in the Australian Joint Copying Project, giving piece number and reel number.
Held at the NMRR Information Desk
