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3 unusual facts about General Register Office for England and Wales


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It had variable success; up to 49,000 births were registered there until after a few months of the General Register Office for England and Wales starting up in 1837, following the Births and Deaths Registration Act the previous year.

General Register Office for England and Wales

Implementation of the project was Outsourced to Siemens IT Solutions and Services in a three-year contract which expired at the end of July 2008.

In 1997 the GRO staff were relocated to Southport, Merseyside while public access to the records and indexes was made available at the new Family Records Centre (FRC) in Clerkenwell.



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