How do I see the birth, marriage and death records online?
You can view some of the already transcribed index records at freebmd: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl. This will show the index of births, marriages and deaths. Importantly this is a transcribed index so doesn’t show everything AND the indexes were only started from 1837 onwards. You can also use this website: http://www.findmypast.com/index.html. You have to pay to view all indexes (scanned) but it’s a really good resource and you can access the online ordering service too. Best of all you can view lots of other information. Familysearch run by the LDS is also a good resource. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=search_all1.asp&clear_form=true Many records have been added to this so I would suggest you use this as a supplementary resource, checking all records against the original parish records where possible. The final place would be the parish records themselves. These can be viewed at your local records office. Good luck!
