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===Ordering Certificates Online=== | ===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. | 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. | ||
==Civil Registration Offices== | |||
In some cases research can be more efficient working with the more narrowed-down records of county registry offices. | |||
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*[https://www.devon.gov.uk/registrationservice/ '''Devon Registration Services'''] | |||
:Postal address: Devon Registration Services, Larkbeare House, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NG, UK''' | |||
:Telephone: 0345 155 1002 | |||
:E-mail: register@devon.gov.uk | |||
::[https://www.devon.gov.uk/registrationservice/registrationoffices Devon County Council Registration Office Locations] | |||
*[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plymouth-register-office '''Plymouth Register Office'''] | |||
:[https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/buy-copy-certificate Buy a copy of a certificate] | |||
::Plymouth Register Office, 1 Derriford Business Park, Plymouth, PL6 5QZ | |||
*[https://www.torbay.gov.uk/registrar/ '''Torbay Registrar'''] | |||
::Torbay Register Office is situated at 1st Floor Cockington Court, Cockington,Torquay,TQ2 6XA in the heart of Cockington. | |||
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