Birth, marriage and death records: a guide for family historians

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Parish registers, part 1: 'Every Weddying Christenyng and Buryeng' -- Parish registers, part 2: 'A True and Just Account ... of All Sorts of Persons within the Commonwealth' -- Parish registers, part 3: 'Indexes of the Registers to be Made and Kept in the General Register Office' -- Nonconformist registers: 'That All Registers and Records Deposited in the General Register Office by Virtue of this Act Shall be Receivable in Evidence in all Courts of Justice' -- Overseas and at sea: ' Any Child of an English Parent Born at Sea on Board of a British Vessell' -- Military sources: ' The Registration of Deaths, Births, and Marriages Among Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's Land Forces' -- Scotland: 'A Complete and Uniform System of Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Should be Established and Maintained in Scotland' -- Ireland: 'A Complete System of Registration of Births and Deaths Should be Established in Ireland' -- The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man -- Divorce: 'Every eprson Seeking a Decree of Nullity of Marriage, or a Decree of Judicial Separation, or a Dissolution of Marriage' -- Adoption: 'The Registrar-General Shall Establish and Maintain a Register to be Called the Adopted Children Register' -- Unexpected Sources -- Accessing the Records. Parish registers, part 1: 'Every Weddying Christenyng and Buryeng' -- Parish registers, part 2: 'A True and Just Account ... of All Sorts of Persons within the Commonwealth' -- Parish registers, part 3: 'Indexes of the Registers to be Made and Kept in the General Register Office' -- Nonconformist registers: 'That All Registers and Records Deposited in the General Register Office by Virtue of this Act Shall be Receivable in Evidence in all Courts of Justice' -- Overseas and at sea: ' Any Child of an English Parent Born at Sea on Board of a British Vessell' -- Military sources: ' The Registration of Deaths, Births, and Marriages Among Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's Land Forces' -- Scotland: 'A Complete and Uniform System of Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Should be Established and Maintained in Scotland' -- Ireland: 'A Complete System of Registration of Births and Deaths Should be Established in Ireland' -- The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man -- Divorce: 'Every eprson Seeking a Decree of Nullity of Marriage, or a Decree of Judicial Separation, or a Dissolution of Marriage' -- Adoption: 'The Registrar-General Shall Establish and Maintain a Register to be Called the Adopted Children Register' -- Unexpected Sources -- Accessing the Records.