Search from home
Online databases make it easier to search by surname, forename, date and place. Choose the resource that fits the date you are researching.
Civil birth indexes are available from 1837, while the number of searchable parish baptism records continues to grow. For the broadest choice of databases, compare what each research site covers before you begin.
Compare your options
Broad coverage
TheGenealogist is a large online research site for beginners and experienced family historians.
Its subscription collections include births, marriages and deaths, census indexes and transcripts, parish records, non-conformist records, wills, directories, military records, school registers and more.
Pre-1837 records
BMD Registers focuses on pre-1837 births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials, including non-parochial collections.
Collections include Quakers, Methodists, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalists, Presbyterians and Unitarians, with images of original registers where available.
Start searching
Try a name and a date range, then follow the record detail through to the original source.
Keep your options open
BMD Index is useful for civil birth indexes, while S&N Genealogy Supplies offers data CDs, books and family history products.