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From: Don Aitken <>
Subject: Re: Track birth in England/Wales 1925-1930
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:31:41 +0100
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:35:01 -0700, "GKM" <> wrote:

>If I know a person's name, can I find her in birth records for 1925-1930?

Yes. The starting point is the GRO national index to BMDs, of which
there are copies on fiche in major libraries all over the world.
Sometimes called the St. Catherines's Index, after the place where it
was kept many years ago. Organised by quarter, so for a period of six
years you have 24 different lists to check.

>Might such records be available on the internet?
>
Not now, and probably not ever. In fact, you'd better hurry up with
this bit of research, since access to records less than 100 years old
is likely to be withdrawn soon on "privavy" grounds. They aren't going
to be able to recall all those library copies, though, especially
those outside the UK.

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