FreeBMD May update

The FreeBMD Database was updated on Fri day 12 May 2017 to contain 261,459,855 distinct records (260,984,786  last update).
Years with major updates (more than 5,000 entries) are: for births: 1964, 1966, 1976-80; for marriages: 1966, 1969, 1977,1979-83; for deaths 1978-80.

The graph shows the number of unique birth entries in the FreeBMD database. In later years it reflects the incompleteness of the database. The peak following the First World War is greater than the Baby Boom peak following the Second.