The North Wales BMD web-site was launched in August 2003, following the pioneering enterprise of Cheshire BMD, and is still in its infancy. Work by Registrars and dedicated volunteers from Clwyd Family History Society, Gwynedd Family History Society and Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society has already been underway for some time. The database is being constantly expanded and updated.

In the past, most enquiries for copy certificates have involved Registrars manually searching through hand-written indexes which refer to weighty copperplate ledgers. But now, the indexes from 1837 to 1950 are being made freely available to family historians throughout the world on a growing number of web sites. A list of all known BMD sites can be found at UK BMD.

Researchers can make use of the user-friendly search techniques on these sites to identify the names they are looking for, and obtain reference numbers from which Registrars can supply the birth, marriage and death certificates.

If you have any comments about these pages, or if you would like to know more about how to set up similar projects in your own area, please contact us at webmaster@northwalesbmd.org.uk.