Death records
How to start a family tree
Who Do You Think You Are? family history expert Laura Berry shares her tips on how to start a family tree
Where to find death records
From death certificates to wills, there are many different family history resources you can use to find your ancestors' death records
How to find birth, marriage and death records
We explain how to easily find birth, marriage and death records in the UK for family history research
How to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
Margaret McGregor explains how to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills for family history research
Where to find London parish registers online
These websites will help family historians find London parish registers and track down birth, marriage and death records for ancestors who lived in Britain’s capital
Historic Irish birth, marriage and death records now free online
Detailed records of historic Irish births, marriages and deaths have appeared on the web more than 24 hours before their ‘official’ launch
Church of England announces plans to map all burial grounds
The Church of England will use laser-scanning to map burial grounds and make them free to search online
GRO to increase certificate costs from February
Copies of birth, marriage and death records will be more expensive to order from the General Register Office from 16 February
GRO makes birth and death certificate PDF scheme permanently available
Family historians can now order PDFs of their ancestors’ records from the General Register Office