David J Grimshaw <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> wrote: : From what I understand the difference is the Index's are just that an : index for the given year of all Births or Marriages or Deaths. : The Birth, Marriage & Death volumes are the record event ( date of Birth : in this case). Actually, the date given is the "quarter ending" date. In other words, if the date is December 1887, it means that the birth was registered in the fourth quarter of 1887. -dja

Dennis Ahern wrote: > [...] >: The Birth, Marriage & Death volumes are the record event ( date of Birth >: in this case). > >Actually, the date given is the "quarter ending" date. In other words, if >the date is December 1887, it means that the birth was registered in the >fourth quarter of 1887 <tiny addition> and may have occurred at the end of the third quarter.