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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). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry 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/district 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''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ | 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''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/wry.html Civil Registration Districts in Yorkshire West Riding]. South Yorkshire was created from the West Riding. | ||
===Ordering a Copy Certificate=== | ===Ordering a Copy Certificate=== | ||
*[https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/births-marriages-deaths-nationality/certificates-and-costs '''Barnsley Certificate Requests'''] | *[https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/births-marriages-deaths-nationality/certificates-and-costs '''Barnsley Certificate Requests'''] |
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