What are the “St Caths” or “GRO” Indexes?
– These are indexes to the registers of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, recorded throughout England and Wales since July 1837. The BDM records were once kept at St Catherine’s House but since April 1, 1998, they have been held the Family Records Centre (FRC) of the General Register Office (GRO), 1 Myddleton Street, Islington, London. The GRO/St Cath’s Indexes are available on microfiche and can be examined at Latter Day Saints Family History Centres world-wide, as well as at many public libraries and county record offices in the UK. The entries in the indexes are sorted alphabetically by surname and divided into 3-month periods known as quarters, representing the period in which the event was registered. There are separate indexes for births, deaths, and marriages. The Indexes provide information in the form: Year : Quarter : District : Vol : Page e.g. 1902 : March : Pontypridd : 11a : 982 No other information is available from the index, but these index references are vital when orderi
