It would be helpful if any errors or omissions found could be
referred back to Bill
Tong for double checking before updating. Always check
information provided against the original source documents.
Abridged extracts taken from the Index held by the Probate Department of
the Principle Registry Office of the Family Division – Somerset House and
latterly High Holborn.
* Extracted from the Index held at The Family Record Centre, London. Naturally, all references should be checked against the ONS Index before
a copy certificate is ordered.
Forenames are spelt as shown in the Index; the spelling of the registration districts has
been amended, where necessary, to follow that on the maps issued by the Institute of
Heraldic and Genealogical Studies 1837-1851 (1990) and 1852-1946 (1984).
Question marks indicate that the Index was not legible for one reason or another and that
even more caution than usual should be exercised.
Apparent duplication of entries in the Index has been retained in the attached extract.