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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 Records 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.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/ '''Cornwall Registration Service''']<br> | |||
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-offices/ '''Registration Offices Contact Information''']<br> | |||
Telephone: 0300 1234 181<br> | |||
E-mail: registration@cornwall.gov.uk<br> | |||
[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths/cornwall-registration-service/family-history/ '''Family History'''] | |||
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The Isles of Scilly has its own council government and it not listed in the Contact Information of the Cornwall Council.<br> | |||
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'''Isles of Scilly Register Office'''<br> | |||
Council of the Isles of Scilly<br> | |||
Town Hall<br> | |||
St Mary’s<br> | |||
Isles of Scilly<br> | |||
TR21 0LW England<br> | |||
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Telephone: 0300 1234 105<br> | |||
E-mail: enquiries@scilly.gov.uk<br> | |||
[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration Website]<br> | |||
[https://scilly.gov.uk/ceremonies-registration '''Family History'''] | |||
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The '''Cornwall Family History Society''' also has a wide range of indexes, census records and other material as well as a comprehensive store of local and background information. | |||
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'''Cornwall Family History Society'''<br> | |||
18 Lemon Street<br> | |||
Truro<br> | |||
Cornwall<br> | |||
TR1 2LS, UK<br> | |||
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E-mail: secretary@cornwallfhs.com<br> | |||
Telephone: 01872 264044<br> | |||
[https://www.cornwallfhs.com/ Website] | |||
[[Category:Cornwall, England]] | [[Category:Cornwall, England]] | ||