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Civil Registration information for Berkshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Berkshire

  • General information about civil registration.  
  • Births, marriages and deaths (BMDs) in England and Wales post-July 1837 were recorded by local Register Offices (even those marriages conducted in church), with copies also held by the General Register Office (GRO).   See explanation of Civil Registration in England and Wales and how to order certificates.  Indexes are available:
    • FreeBMD offer free online access to the GRO indexes for the whole of England and Wales (not just Berkshire), presently covering 1837 to the 1960s (see current coverage), with more being added. 
    • The RBA (and other offices in the UK and overseas, see list) hold microfiches of the GRO indexes for the whole of England and Wales, although these are now less necessary (and less convenient) as the FreeBMD coverage expands.
    • BerkshireBMD offer free online access to some local indexes for Berkshire.  Currently only some records of the Reading and Bradfield Registration Districts have been transcribed for the period 1837 to mid 20th century.
    • See explanation of the difference between local indexes and GRO indexes.
    • Registration Districts in Berkshire.
    • Ancestry and Find My Past allow free searching of their records, but require a subscription to see the full records.  Findmypast offers a bit more detail on their free search results, including town and implied registration district.
    • For deaths, see also Coroners Index below.
  • See Church Records for pre-1837 baptisms, marriages and burials.
  • Brett Langston has provided details of the Registration Districts in Berkshire from 1837 onwards.

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