General Register Office

The General Register Office (GRO) is that part of the of the  that deals with the  of, s, s and s in. It was founded in, created by an of the  (6 & 7 Will. 4 C A P. LXXXVI), and civil registration commenced in. Its head is the. The most distinguished person associated with the Office in the nineteenth century, although never its head, was.

In, the GRO became part of the newly created (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, the OPCS and therefore the GRO became part of the newly created , and the office of Registrar General was merged with that of Head of the.

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

The General Register Office also supply copies of, , certificates and s. These copies may be obtained either online, via the  or from a local.