[Charles] Dickens is just one of the historical figures including the playwright Oscar Wide and the diarist Samuel Pepys whose defining moments are now easily accessible to the public.
The births, deaths and marriages of millions of Londoners spanning nearly half a millennium have been posted on the internet by Ancestry.co.uk, the genealogy website.
The records cover the years 1539 to 1980 and include the burial records of many of the 100,000 people who died in the capital during the Great Plague of 1665-6.
thanks for posting this. i am currently doing my own search of family history.