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Keywords: birthscoloniesdeathsmarriagesmerchant navyshipping - Births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales
Keywords: baptismsbirthsdeathsmarriages - Births, marriages and deaths in Scotland and Ireland
Keywords: birthsdeathsirelandmarriagesscotland - Births, marriages and deaths in the armed forces
Keywords: armybirthsbritish armydeathsmarriagesnavyroyal air forceroyal marinesroyal navy - Births, marriages and deaths in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Keywords: birthsdeathsmarriages - Available on:British Army casualty lists 1939-1945
Keywords: british armydeathssecond world warsoldierworld war two All records viewable online - Coroners’ inquests
Keywords: coronersdeathsinqueststrials - Death duties 1796-1903
Keywords: administrations of probatedeath duties (tax)deathsduties and taxeslegacies (probate)probatetaxes and dutieswills - Deaths in the First and Second World Wars
Keywords: casualties of wardeathsfirst world warsecond world warworld war oneworld war two - Available on:Maritime deaths 1781-1968
Keywords: deathsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Available on:Nonconformist and non-parish births, marriages and deaths 1567-1969
Keywords: baptismsbirthsdeathsmarriagesnonconformists All records viewable online - Nonconformists
Keywords: baptismsbirthsdeathsmarriagesnonconformistsreligious history - Where to go for birth, marriage and death certificates
Keywords: birthsdeathsmarriages - Wills 1384-1858
Keywords: deathsprerogative court of canterburyprobatewills All records viewable online - Wills and administrations before 1858
Keywords: administrations of probatedeath duties (tax)deathsduties and taxesprerogative court of canterburyprobatetaxes and dutieswills - Wills and probate before 1858: further research
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