Scottish civil birth records

Before the introduction of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales in 1837, it is the parochial registers recording the baptisms, marriages and burials of our ancestors

The civil registration of marriage in Ireland commenced in April 1845 for couples marrying through Protestant denominations, or on a nondenominational basis through civil marriages performed by state-

Without question, every French genealogy research project begins with parish and civil registers. For some 250 years prior to the French Revolution (1787–1799), the Catholic Church in France, under a

As far back as medieval times, unmarried women in Scotland could take the fathers of their children to court to force them to pay maintenance towards the expenses incurred during birth and her subsequ

More than 1.7 million records from the Channel Island of Guernsey have been added to family history website Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk). During the past year over four centuries of records have been

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books PAUL BLAKE is the author of Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset JAYNE SHRIMPTO