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BACKGROUND TO THE RECORDS
The records that have been generated under the civil registration system of England and Wales are of immense importance to family historians. Used in conjunction with census returns and parish registers, these General Register Office records of birth, marriage and death events form the backbone of most genealogical research activity within the period covered by the past 200 years.
The system of recording all of these vital events commenced in July 1837. However, in the case of the marriage or death of individuals occurring in the early years of the system, this obviously gave rise to records of events being created of individuals who were born well before this date; even as early as the latter half of the 18C.
OUR IN-HOUSE SERVICE
An ever-increasing demand is being created at Archives and Local Studies Departments upon the indexes to these birth, marriage and death events. This almost insatiable demand is being fueled by a phenomenal growth in the desire to research ones own family history. The research repositories in Yorkshire at which these indexes may be consulted are currently quite limited and as a consequence the resulting queues of researchers which develop can make access to them a very time consuming affair. Yorkshire Family History does not rely upon these research repositories for this aspect of its client research; at best these departments are under-staffed and overcrowded with hoards of researchers awaiting the consultation of these records.
As a professional research establishment, the commitment that we extend
to our clients is of fundamental importance and we believe that each of
our clients deserves and should receive a professional service, a service
that few other research companies are able to provide. We have therefore
made an investment in the 'effective research project' of each of our
clients and have acquired these valuable indexes directly from The Office
for National Statistics. These indexes are a vital facet of our extensive
and ever-growing in-house research facility. Indeed, due to the ever-increasing
difficulties that are now associated with gaining immediate access to
these records, it is not unusual for other professional researchers to
commission our services for dealing with this aspect of their client research.
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