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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
The Coronation Roll is the official record of the Monarch’s accession and crowning.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
10 Downing Street, the locale of British prime ministers since 1735, vies with the White House as being the most important political building anywhere in the world in the modern era.
Letter from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel Chair to the Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP, Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care).
Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF).
Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
The Secretary of State has today announced plans for an independent Public History project relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
The history of King Charles Street.
The heritage schools programme helps teachers make effective use of local heritage resources and connects heritage providers with schools.
How to show MHRA you're meeting good clinical practice (GCP) standards and what to expect from an inspection.
What you need to do to get your State Pension online.
This guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
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