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We are a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. The National Archives is the UK government's official archive. Our main duties are to preserve Government records and to set standards in information management and re-use.
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You can order a copy of a birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificate from GRO. All births, adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths registered in England or Wales have a GROindex reference number.
GRO has records of births, marriages and deathsof some British citizens that have taken place abroad since the late 18th century. These include births, marriages or deaths: 1. registered by the armed forces 2. recorded by British consulates or high commissions 3. at sea, or on British oil or gas rigs or aircraft
For copies of a decree absolute or final order of the dissolution of a civil partnership, you’ll need to contact either: 1. the court where the divorce or dissolution was granted 2. the Principal Registry of the Family Division
You can also search local archives and the National Archivesto help research your family history. The GRO’s guides to researching your family treeinclude details of the information you’ll find on certificates, and what to do if you cannot find a certificate.
What records we hold. As the official public archive of the United Kingdom government, we hold records covering more than 1,000 years of history. Government records which have been selected for permanent preservation are sent to The National Archives. You can search descriptions of the records we hold in Discovery, our catalogue.
- Why use this guide? This guide explains how to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1911 and provides information on using the census returns of
- What is the census and why was it compiled? The census is a head count of everyone in the country on a given day. A census has been taken in England and Wales, and separately for Scotland, every ten years since 1801, with the exception of 1941.
- How the census was taken and on what dates. In every census year an enumerator delivered a form to each household in the country for them to complete.
- Where to access and how to search the censuses.
Discovery holds more than 37 million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 3,500 archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download. Frequent searches. World War One army service records.
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