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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== | ==Civil Records Offices== | ||
In some cases research can be more efficient working with the | In some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices. | ||
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[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br> | [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br> | ||
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br> | [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br> | ||
Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br> | Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br> | ||
Email: registration@cornwall.gov.uk<br> | |||
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History'''] | [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History'''] | ||
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Telephone: 0300 1234 105<br> | Telephone: 0300 1234 105<br> | ||
Email: enquiries@scilly.gov.uk<br> | |||
[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration Website]<br> | [https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration Website]<br> | ||
[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration '''Family History'''] | [https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration '''Family History'''] | ||
[[Category:Cornwall, England]] | [[Category:Cornwall, England]] | ||
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