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:Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill. | :Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum, and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill. | ||
==Civil Registration Offices== | ==Civil Registration Offices== | ||
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). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county registry offices. | |||
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Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', | |||
*[https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/services/certificate-copies '''Certificate copies'''] '''Get a certificate for a birth, marriage or death that happened in Essex.''' | *[https://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/services/certificate-copies '''Certificate copies'''] '''Get a certificate for a birth, marriage or death that happened in Essex.''' | ||
::We can give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in the area administered by Essex County Council, and from 1 July 1837. | ::We can give you certificates for births, marriages and deaths that happened in the area administered by Essex County Council, and from 1 July 1837. | ||