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== Locating Civil Registration Records == | == Locating Civil Registration Records == | ||
Civil registration records are kept at the superintendent registrar’s district office. Duplicates are kept at the Office | Civil registration records are kept at the superintendent registrar’s district office. Duplicates are kept at the General Regisrter Office, part of the Identity and Passport Service | ||
=== Ordering Certificates === | === Ordering Certificates === | ||
==== Order online: ==== | |||
*[http://www.gro.gov.uk/ | Civil registration certificates are closed to the public. The only way to obtain one is to order a copy from the Register General Office for England and Wales. You may order through the Internet, mail or FAX. The cheapest way is to order online, quoting the full reference. You should also take care to order only through the official GRO site, and not through any other site, which will often charge more, and take longer. The current online .price of a certificate is 7 pounds sterling with full reference For more information, see their Web site at: | ||
*[http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ Certificate Ordering Service] | |||
==== Order by phone: ==== | ==== Order by phone: ==== | ||
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*An approximate date and place of the event | *An approximate date and place of the event | ||
Certificates from the Office | Certificates from the General Register Office 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 | 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 General Register Office (GRO). The GRO 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. | ||
Addresses for superintendent registrars’ are found in: | Addresses for superintendent registrars’ are found in: | ||
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/ 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 == | ||