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Most published English research guides have information on civil registration. The following are especially helpful: | Most published English research guides have information on civil registration. The following are especially helpful: | ||
* Eve McLaughlin. ''St. Catherine’s House''. Eighth Edition. Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Limited, 1991. (FHL book 942 V27m 1991) This guide discusses the information found in the civil registration records. | *Eve McLaughlin. ''St. Catherine’s House''. Eighth Edition. Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies Publications, Limited, 1991. (FHL book 942 V27m 1991) This guide discusses the information found in the civil registration records. [At the time of publication (1991), the records were housed at St. Catherine's House. Today (2009), individual certificates may be purchased through the website of the [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office].] | ||
* Cox, Jane, and Stella Colwell. ''Never Been Here Before? A Genealogist’s Guide to the Family Records Centre.'' Kew, England: PRO Publications, 1997. This is a guide to the Family Records Centre in London which encompasses the birth, marriage and death records of the Office for National Statistics and the Public Record Office microfilms of census records, records of nonconformity, wills and death duties. | *Cox, Jane, and Stella Colwell. ''Never Been Here Before? A Genealogist’s Guide to the Family Records Centre.'' Kew, England: PRO Publications, 1997. This is a guide to the Family Records Centre in London which encompasses the birth, marriage and death records of the Office for National Statistics and the Public Record Office microfilms of census records, records of nonconformity, wills and death duties. [At the time of publication (1997), the records were housed at Family Records Centre. Today (2009), individual certificates may be purchased through the website of the [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office].]<br> | ||
Other guides are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Other guides are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
ENGLAND - CIVIL REGISTRATION - HANDBOOKS | ENGLAND - CIVIL REGISTRATION - HANDBOOKS | ||
=== Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | === Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | ||