Register office (United Kingdom)
Office recording births, deaths and marriages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Register office (United Kingdom)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
A register office or The General Register Office, much more commonly but erroneously registry office[1] (except in official use), is a British government office where births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership, stillbirths and adoptions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are registered.[2] It is the licensed local of civil registry.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2020) |
In Scotland, The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) was in service until 2011, when this department was transferred to National Records of Scotland.