This book was originally published by the compiler under the title 'St Catherine's House Districts' at the time when all Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths were located at St Catherine's House in Kingsway, London. This is an alphabetical list of Civil Registration Districts with details of Counties, Sub-Districts and Adjacent Districts.
The same districts are also used for Census returns.
The inclusion of Counties, using the Chapman County Codes, gives a general location of the District. The Sub-District will help one appreciate how far the District extends and the adjacent Districts will assist in cases where a person's birth is registered in one District and the marriage or death in another.
The list of Sub-Districts at the end may at time be used in locating a Main District, or alternatively, it will be helpful in cases where a Sub-District later became a Main District.
The keep the list as short as possible Sub-Districts which are obviously a parish of a large town, or include the name of the Main District are generally omitted. Likewise, Districts in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not included.
Included at the end of the Introduction are the Registration District Volume Numbers for each County with the periods to which they refer.
This is an invaluable aid to the researcher to work out what Registration Districts certain places were in, both for Civil and Census records.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapman County Guides
Registration District Volume Numbers
Main Districts
Sub-Districts
