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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. | ||
===Cheshire Civil Record Offices=== | ===Cheshire Civil Record Offices=== | ||
In some cases, research can be more efficient working with the more | In some cases, research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices. | ||
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'''Contact information and links for ordering records:'''<br> | '''Contact information and links for ordering records:'''<br> | ||
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*[https://www.warrington.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate Order a copy of a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate]<br> | *[https://www.warrington.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate Order a copy of a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate]<br> | ||
*[https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/warrington.html Current Parishes] | *[https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/warrington.html Current Parishes] | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
Civil registration, the government recording of births, marriages, and deaths, was instituted on 1 July 1837 in England. The act required for births to be reported within 42 days of the event and deaths within 5 days. Marriages had to be recorded in a civil register immediately after the ceremony. Copies of birth, marriage, and death registrations were sent by the district registrar to the Office for National Statistics each quarter. Because of this, civil registration is found by year, quarter, and registration district. | Civil registration, the government recording of births, marriages, and deaths, was instituted on 1 July 1837 in England. The act required for births to be reported within 42 days of the event and deaths within 5 days. Marriages had to be recorded in a civil register immediately after the ceremony. Copies of birth, marriage, and death registrations were sent by the district registrar to the Office for National Statistics each quarter. Because of this, civil registration is found by year, quarter, and registration district. | ||
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