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===Ordering Certificates Online=== | ===Ordering Certificates Online=== | ||
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ website] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). To order, the person’s name and surname; the registration year, quarter, and district name; and the volume and page number must be known. To find these, use the civil registration indexes (discussed above). Because the district registrars sent copies of their certificates to the GRO, the certificate received in the mail or by pdf is a photocopy of the copy, not the original. Although accuracy is very high, there were occasional errors made while copying certificates. | The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ website] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). To order, the person’s name and surname; the registration year, quarter, and district name; and the volume and page number must be known. To find these, use the civil registration indexes (discussed above). Because the district registrars sent copies of their certificates to the GRO, the certificate received in the mail or by pdf is a photocopy of the copy, not the original. Although accuracy is very high, there were occasional errors made while copying certificates. | ||
===Civil Records Offices=== | |||
In some cases research can be more efficient working with the more narrowed-down records of county registry offices. There are six register offices in Cumbria. '''Carlisle, Penrith, Whitehaven, and Wigton serve areas once part of Cumberland:''' | |||
*[https://new.cumbria.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-ceremonies '''Births, deaths, marriages and ceremonies'''] for all of Cumbria. | |||
*[https://new.cumbria.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-ceremonies/registration-certificates/order-copy-certificate '''Order a copy of a certificate'''] from all of Cumbria. | |||
*[https://new.cumbria.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-ceremonies/cumbria-registration-service/cumbria-register-offices '''Cumbria Register Offices:'''] Clickable map with links to contact information. | |||
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[[Category:Cumberland, England]] | [[Category:Cumberland, England]] | ||