Findmypast.co.uk Makes Birth Records Even Easier To Search
Released on: July 31, 2010, 4:03 am
Author:
Findmypast.co.uk
Industry: Consumer Services
Findmypast.co.uk, leading UK family history website, has
launched an easier way to find the births of English and Welsh
ancestors online. The company has re-indexed over 100 million birth
records dating from 1837 to 2006.

Findmypast.co.uk's fully re-indexed birth records make finding ancestors much
simpler and includes: search results in the form of a list of individual names; the
ability to search the complete 1837-2006 set of birth records in one go
or by one or more counties at a time; new high quality images; smart search features
including variations of a name; records of children unnamed at registration; and
searching by mother's maiden name at the same time to help find the most elusive
births.
With this new resource now available, findmypast.co.uk has uncovered some interesting facts about the births that were registered between
1837 and 2006: 10 babies named Fish Fish born between 1840 and 1883, bizarrely, all
in Lancashire. The list includes one Fish Fish Fish born in Blackburn in 1864; Just
five Ringos were registered in 1964 and 1965, compared with 2,414 Georges, 36,877
Johns and 56,170 Pauls; six Dick Turpins were registered between 1854 and 1916; four
Maradonas were registered in 1986, the year of the infamous 'Hand of God' goal;
eight Peles were registered between 1970 and 1972, following the footballer's
1000th goal in 1969.
Findmypast.co.uk has also looked into the birth patterns over the past century and
found that the trend for births at certain times of the year has changed. In 1907
and 1908, the peak time of year for births was during April, May and June, compared
with 2007 and 2008 when July, August and September saw the most births.
Debra Chatfield, marketing manager at findmypast.co.uk, said, "As the first company
to publish birth, marriage and death records online, findmypast.co.uk is
committed to making family history research more accessible. Findmypast's brand new
birth indexes now provide an easier route into our families' pasts than ever
before.
"Findmypast.co.uk is currently working on re-indexing the marriage and death
records and once complete, findmypast.co.uk will have digitised over a quarter of a
billion records. Thanks to initiatives like this, family history is more popular
than ever and the amount of historical records that are now available to search and
view online will help even more people to start to uncover their own family tree."
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Notes to editors
About findmypast.co.uk
Leading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk (formerly 1837online.com) was the
first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for England &
Wales available online in April 2003.
Findmypast.co.uk now offers access to over 850 million records dating as far back as
1538. This allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their
ancestors among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast.co.uk launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in association with The National
Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for long-distance voyages departing all
British ports between 1890 and 1960.
Contact Details:
PR contact:
Amy Sell
Findmypast.co.uk
38-41 Fourth Floor
Broadgate Court
199 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3TY
0203 326 6318
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/

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