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The General Register Office (GRO) is that part of the government of the United Kingdom that deals with the civil registration of births, marriages, Civil Partnerships and deaths in England and Wales. It was founded in 1836, created by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (6 & 7 Will. 4 C A P. LXXXVI), and civil registration commenced in 1837. Its head is the Registrar General. The most distinguished person associated with the Office in the nineteenth century, although never its head, was William Farr.

In 1972, the GRO became part of the newly created Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), with the Registrar General in overall charge. Until then, it had several statistical functions, including the conduct of population censuses and the production of annual population estimates. All these were moved elsewhere in the new organisation. The GRO then became just one division within OPCS, headed by the Deputy Registrar General.

Then in 1996, the OPCS and therefore the GRO became part of the newly created Office for National Statistics, and the office of Registrar General was merged with that of Head of the Government Statistical Service.

There are equivalent offices for Scotland and Northern Ireland. The responsibility of all three general register offices covers the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and also that of stillbirths and adoptions.

The General Register Office also supply copies of birth, marriage, civil partnership certificates and death certificates. These copies may be obtained either online, via the Family Records Centre or from a local register office.

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General Register Office is the name given to the government agencies responsible for registering births, marriages and deaths in the United Kingdom.

There are three such agencies in the UK:
  • General Register Office (for England and Wales)

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Civil registration is the system with which a government records the vital events of its citizens. The primary purpose of civil registration is to create legal documents that are used to establish and protect the civil rights of individuals.
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Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus.
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Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, give same-sex couples rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. Civil Partners are entitled to the same property rights as married opposite-sex couples, the same exemption as
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Death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Death may refer to the end of life as either an event or condition.[1] Many factors can cause or contribute to an organism's death, including predation, disease, habitat destruction, senescence,
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England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin MP
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Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers)
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The Registrar General is the Government official responsible for the registration of births, deaths and marriages in England and Wales. There are similar officials in Scotland and Northern Ireland, so the Registrar General is often called the Registrar General for England and Wales
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William Farr (November 30, 1807 - April 14, 1883) was a nineteenth century British epidemiologist, regarded as one of the founders of medical statistics.

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He was born in Kenley, Shropshire, England to poor parents.
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The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), was created in May 1970 through the merger of the General Register Office and the Government Social Survey Department.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the United Kingdom government department charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels.
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Stillbirth
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Ultrasonography is often used to diagnose stillbirth.
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Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth mother or father. An adoption order has the effect of severing the parental responsibilities and rights of the birth parents and transferring those responsibilities and rights
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birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The certificate itself usually includes most of the following information:
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marriage certificate is the official record that two people have undertaken a marriage ceremony. In some other jurisdictions, a marriage license serves a dual purpose of granting permission for a marriage to take place and then recording the fact that it has done so.
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Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, give same-sex couples rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. Civil Partners are entitled to the same property rights as married opposite-sex couples, the same exemption as
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The Family Records Centre provides access to family history research sources for England and Wales. It is administered jointly by The National Archives and the General Register Office.
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In England and Wales, The Register Office is primarily the local office for the registration of births, deaths and marriages (BD&M), and for the conducting of civil marriages.
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The General Register Office for Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Executive that administers the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland.
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