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 ==Civil Records Offices==
-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). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the more narrowed-down records of county registry offices.
+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). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the more smaller, more specific records collections of county registry offices.
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 Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts''' of Bedfordshire and their parishes, see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/bdf.html REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN BEDFORDSHIRE] The list shows the civil registration districts in Bedfordshire since 1837.