What is the Vital Records Index?

	The Vital Records Index gives birth/baptism and marriage records. It is not comprehensive It is produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a supplement to their much larger International Genealogical Index (IGI) and contains records that do not meet the religious purposes of the IGI The Vital Records Index for the British Isles covers mainly birth/baptism and marriage records of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland between 1538 and 1888. Its sources are mainly parish registers Not all counties are represented and some are more completely represented than others For details on how the British Isles Vital Records Index was compiled and on how it differs from the IGI, see an International Genealogical Index page on the Genuki web site Return to Vital Records Index for more information

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