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From: Alfred Eller <>
Subject: Re: [RMagic] Data not showing in RM Explorer
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:07:47 -0600
References: <384C2AEBA95E9C4EA274E5B18F61C31DAE68AA@db-sl4-exch01.dbgroup.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <384C2AEBA95E9C4EA274E5B18F61C31DAE68AA@db-sl4-exch01.dbgroup.co.uk>


Well, I guess a person is never too old to learn something new.

Remembering? now that's a different story.

Alfred D. Eller
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm
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Simon Atkin wrote:
> Alfred,
>
> It's a UK thing. All births, marriages and deaths are recorded by local
> Register Offices. They send details of these BMD events to the general
> Register Office (GRO) who compile national indexes. These indexes are
> organised by event and quarter year. So for all births occurring in
> Jan, Feb or Mar of a year there is a birth register, referred to as the
> March quarter. Similarly Apr, May and Jun are in the June quarter. The
> same goes for Sep and Dec quarters.
>
> The GRO public search rooms hold all the indexes from England and Wales,
> at least one printed volume per event per quarter per year from 1837
> onwards.
>
> Hope this explains it a bit.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
>

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