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Certificates from the Office for National Statistics are less expensive if you supply index reference numbers. | Certificates from the Office for National Statistics are less expensive if you supply index reference numbers. | ||
==== Superintendent Registrars ==== | ==== Superintendent Registrars ==== | ||
If you know the registration district, you may wish to order a certificate from the superintendent registrar, since search policies are often more liberal and mail order requests less expensive than through the Office for National Statistics (formerly Registrar General). The Office for National Statistics’ index reference numbers do not help the superintendent registrar locate records in his or her district. Registrars usually will not search marriage records because marriage registration procedures are so complex. | If you know the registration district, you may wish to order a certificate from the superintendent registrar, since search policies are often more liberal and mail order requests less expensive than through the Office for National Statistics (formerly Registrar General). The Office for National Statistics’ index reference numbers do not help the superintendent registrar locate records in his or her district. Registrars usually will not search marriage records because marriage registration procedures are so complex. | ||
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Addresses for superintendent registrars’ are found in: | Addresses for superintendent registrars’ are found in: | ||
*''The Official List of Registration Offices.'' London, England: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1993. (FHL book Q 942 X4g 1993.) | *''The Official List of Registration Offices.'' London, England: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1993. (FHL book Q 942 X4g 1993.) | ||
*''District Register Offices in England and Wales''. Fourth Edition. Yorkshire, England: East Yorkshire Family History Society, 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+E4ew+ 942 E4ew] 1989.) | *''District Register Offices in England and Wales''. Fourth Edition. Yorkshire, England: East Yorkshire Family History Society, 1989. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+E4ew+ 942 E4ew] 1989.) | ||
Addresses for the superintendent registrars can also be found on the Internet through the GENUKI Web site at: | Addresses for the superintendent registrars can also be found on the Internet through the GENUKI Web site at: | ||
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/ | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/] | ||
Keep in mind that over time district boundaries have changed, and some districts have been abolished. | Keep in mind that over time district boundaries have changed, and some districts have been abolished. | ||
== Indexes to Civil Registration Records == | == Indexes to Civil Registration Records == | ||