Births, Marriages and Deaths from July 1837:

A large number of transcriptions from films of Lovelock Birth, Marriage and Death events registered with the GRO were provided in the very early days of this Web Site by Malcolm Lovelock and Robert Sterry. The database which was constructed at the time also included information provided by Gwen Eastment, John Dixon, and Alison Turner. However, not all Lovelock events available at the time were extracted, and although every effort was made to avoid errors, complete accuracy could not be guaranteed in the transcription of such a large number of extracts from the films, some of which were only available in a very poor condition.

Our records from that early work were made available through previous incarnations of this Web Site as an Access Database, an Excel spreadsheet (with separate worksheets for Births, Marriages and Deaths) and in HTML format as separate pages for Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Since those early days all of the records that were extracted have been duplicated on the Free BMD website, and in recent years the advent of the GRO Online Indices of Births and Deaths has provided yet another easily consultable resource for those two categories. We have taken the opportunities now presented to effect some automated extraction of Birth, Marriage and Death records which will have eliminated the majority of the errors and uncertainties resulting from the early use of the films, and to present the data as Excel spreadsheets, available for downloading, with separate worksheets for each decade from the 1830s to the 1980s:

GRO Lovelock Births
Using the GRO Online Index means that mothers' maiden names are usually now available for the years before Jul-Sep 1911. Where the 'Mother's Maiden Name' column in the spreadsheet is completely blank this indicates that the entry is not included in the GRO Online Birth Index, but does appear in the image at Free BMD, but without the mother's maiden name of course. Where the column includes '-' this indicates that although the entry is included in the GRO Online Birth Index the mother's name is not quoted. This MAY indicate an illegitimate birth, but may also be an error in the GRO Index - only a copy of the birth certificate will indicate which.

There has been some general misunderstanding about the time allowed to register a birth, so the following may help: The 1836 Act suggests that births were free to register for up to 42 days, then an additional fee of 2s/6d to the Superintendent Registrar and 5s to the Registrar applied up to the six months point, after which the Act made no provision for registration at all (although it may be suspected that an application to the Registrar General could have been made).

The Births and Deaths Registration Act of 1874 changed matters so that although the requirement to register remained at up to 42 days, it was free to do it for up to 3 months, after which fees of 2s/6d to both the Registrar and the Superintendent Registrar became payable. The Act also specified that after a 12 months lapse a birth could only be registered with the permission of the Registrar General. Other fees only applied if the registration was done by a ‘house call’.

The 1953 Act, which still applies today, also confirms the free registration period of up to 3 months.

GRO Loveluck Births
There are three worksheets covering the years 1837-1899, 1900-1983 and 1984-2007.

GRO Loveluck Marriages
There are also three worksheets of Marriages, again covering the years 1837-1899, 1900-1983 and 1984-2007.

GRO Loveluck Deaths
As for Births and Marriages there are three worksheets, once again covering the years 1837-1899, 1900-1983 and 1984-2007.

Post-1983 Records:

Transcriptions from the data at the Ancestry.co.uk, Findmypast.co.uk or The Genealogist.co.uk Web Sites have been undertaken by Sue Lovelock and others of all available Lovelock and Loveluck entries from 1984 to 2007. The transcriptions are accessible through the links in the table immediately below. Once again every effort has been made to avoid errors but complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed when transcribing such a large number of entries. Each link will take you to other tables containing the Birth, Marriage and Death data (as at 1 Sep 2018) for the particular year listed in the table. Births are recorded in alphabetical order of the first names of the individuals; Marriages are recorded in month order, and alphabetically within each month according to the first names of the Lovelock spouse; Deaths are recorded in month order, and alphabetically within each month according to the first names of the individual. Loveluck entries in all cases follow the Lovelock entries and those individuals' names are in bold type.

Births, Marriages and Deaths 1984 - 2007:

Births 2007 - 2023:
The UK General Record Office has added information on Births from 2007 to 2023 to their Online Index. The data from each year is accessible through the links in the table below. The Birth entries are recorded in alphabetical order of the first names of the individuals within each quarter.

Deaths 2007 - 2018:

The records of Deaths from 2007 to 2018 presently available on the Ancestry.co.uk, Findmypast.co.uk or The Genealogist.co.uk Web Sites are probably far from complete. However, the data that was available from Ancestry.co.uk or Findmypast.co.uk at 25 Jun 2022 was transcribed and may be accessed here: Lovelock and Loveluck Deaths from 2007 - 2018 (Note that there are only nine Loveluck deaths recorded as at 25 Jun 2022). Where the deceased left a Will there is a link to our pages of extractions from the UK Find a Will Web Site.

Deaths 2007 - 2023 (GRO Online):

In November 2019 the UK General Record Office added information on deaths up to a point in that year to their Online Index of Deaths. This is differently detailed to the information referred to in the previous paragraph so all of those entries are duplicated to ensure as complete a picture as possible. The GRO updated their information in January 2022 to cover all 2019 and 2020 deaths, in September 2022 to cover 2021 deaths, in July 2024 to cover all 2022 deaths, and in January 2025 to cover all 2023 deaths. This additional data may be accessed here: Additional General Record Office data for deaths from 2007 - 2023. Again, where the deceased left a Will there is a link to our page of extractions from the UK Find a Will Web Site.

Online Sources:

FreeBMD: To quote from the FreeBMD Web Site: "FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records." Since the records referred to at the head of this section that Malcolm and Robert extracted were compiled the amount of data available on the FreeBMD Web Site has increased enormously, and is continually evolving. In addition, a large number of digital images of the GRO indexes are available on the Free BMD site.

Currently, the Web Site states that Free BMD record coverage is complete up until 1983, their original planned end-date. Births are also complete up until 1992, Marriages until 1992 and Deaths until 1990, although Deaths in 1992 and 1993 are also complete. Their current targeted end-date is 1997.

There are :

41 Lovelock birth entries in 1993
28 Lovelock marriage entries in 1993
0 Lovelock death entries in 1991, 0 in 1994 and 34 in 1995
as well as:
1 Loveluckbirth entry in 1993
1 Loveluck marriage entry in 1992
0 Loveluck death entries in 1991 and 2 in 1995
but no other data as at 5 March 2025.

Others: Indexes of GRO records for various periods are also available on the Ancestry subscription Web Site, or on the Findmypast Web Site on either a subscription or pay-per-view basis.