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 The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ General Register Office] (GRO), where the original certificates are kept, also has indexes for births and deaths. These indexes provide more information than any other index; the information listed includes the mother’s maiden name on birth certificates and the age at death on death certificates. This information can be very valuable in identifying the correct certificate. The website requires a login, but it is free to register and search. Copies of the original certificates can also be ordered from this website for a fee.
-A free index is available online at [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/] but searchable indexing on this site, particularly after about 1925, is incomplete. However, Ancestry.com and findmypast.co.uk have completed the searchable indexing of birth, marriage, and death registrations to 2005 and 2006, respectively. That indexing has been done independent of the other company, and the occasional errors on one site may be correct on the other. The search methodology also differs, which may affect the facility in searching for individuals. Coverage gaps, especially in the searchability of marriages and deaths, on many other sites are still noted. The pages can be browsed on some sites and the reference found if one knows the date of the event.
 ===Ordering Certificates Online===
 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). To order, the person’s name and surname; the registration year, quarter, and district name; and the volume and page number must be known. To find these, use the civil registration indexes (discussed above). Because the district registrars sent copies of their certificates to the GRO, the certificate received in the mail or by pdf is a photocopy of the copy, not the original. Although accuracy is very high, there were occasional errors made while copying certificates.
-Copies of the certificates can be obtained through the district registrar's office or from the General Register office online at [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/]. The copy received from the GRO is actually a photocopy of a handwritten copy made at the district registrar's office, which was sent to the GRO, and the signatures are not in the hand of the parties to the event. Although accuracy is very high, there were occasional errors made while copying certificates for the official record now preserved at the GRO.
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