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 [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk]
-'''Office for National Statistics.'''
+'''General Register Office'''
-The Office for National Statistics (formerly known as the General Register Office) houses government birth, marriage, and death certificates from 1 July 1837 to the present for all of England. Copies of the records of the Office for National Statistics are housed at the Family Records Centre in London. See the “Civil Registration” section of this outline for the address.
+The [http://www.gro.gov.uk/ General Register Office] (part of the Office for National Statistics) houses government birth, marriage, and death certificates from 1 July 1837 to the present for all of England. Copies may be obtained either online, via the [http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ Family Records Centre] or from a local register office. See the “Civil Registration” section of this outline for the address.
-The Family Records Centre also has copies of census records from 1841to1891, nonconformist church records, probate records, Regimental Registers, and Chaplain’s Returns.
+The Family Records Centre in London also has copies of census records from 1841to1891, nonconformist church records, probate records, Regimental Registers, and Chaplain’s Returns.
 '''The British Library.'''