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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Shropshire civil registration, BMD, and census records.
Choices
AExplore Shropshire civil registration.
- Read this short guide to civil registration in Shropshire.
A short guide to civil registration - See a list of civil parishes with links on the FamilySearch Wiki.
- Explore Shropshire civil registration on the
Gen UKI site. - Browse the Shropshire registration districts on the Gen UKI site.
- Explore the Joiner Marriage Index for Shropshire.
- Search the FreeBMD UK site for BMD records.
BExplore Shropshire census and electoral records.
- Learn about Shropshire Census Surname Indexes in FamilySearch.
FS Wiki: Census Surname Indexes - Explore Shropshire census records on the FreeCen site.
- Explore Shropshire census records on the Gen UKI site.
- Read this short guide to census returns in Shropshire.
A short guide to census returns - Learn about electoral registers and poll books in Shropshire.
Electoral registers and poll books
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for civil registration and other records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.