However the survival rates for these lists is patchy. Published by FFHS An-updated edition pointing family historians to marriage and census indexes, arranged by English county, with Wales, Scotland, the Channel Islands and Ireland at the end. A useful source if you are looking to see if a marriage or census index exists for an area that you are interested in. It is particularly useful for locating privately held indexes such as the Berkshire Name Index. Details of printed indexes are also included, as well as those held at Records Offices and Local Studies Libraries.
All entries contain contact details and relevant cost of enquiries.
The information contained in this book was freshly surveyed in Spring 2000 and is again arranged by county. If you are new to Family History, then a guide to Civil Registration is probably something you need to read first to follow the procedures for finding and obtaining certificates for Births, Marriages and Deaths. As the title indicates, this book is not exclusive to England and Wales, but covers Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. An Introduction to Poor Law Documents before 1834 by Anne Cole. This guide provides a brief introduction to the pre-1834 poor law and concentrates on describing the documents produced by the necessary processes, removal orders, settlement certificates, overseers accounts, churchwardens accounts etc.