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Find a register office (registry office) - register and find records of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and order certificates
Birth certificates, registering a death, marriage, family history and correcting certificates
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates.
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Contact details for the General Register Office for Northern Ireland
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Contact information for the General Register Office
If there are any errors on a marriage or civil partnership certificate you can correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what...
How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.
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