Tag Archives: GRO

GRO England and Wales increases prices of birth, marriage and death records

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

If you’ve delayed ordering civil birth, marriage or death records for England and Wales from the General Register Office (GRO), you may be kicking yourself. The GRO, which holds the records from 1837 when civil registration was introduced, has increased the … Continue reading →

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Instant access to English and Welsh birth and death records — and for less money

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Gail Dever

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine had exciting news yesterday for family historians whose relatives lived in England and Wales. The General Register Office (GRO) has launched a new scheme allowing instant access to 1837-1922 birth records and 1837-1887 … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 25, 2020

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec Ancestors: Church Indexes on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. A Parish History Book for Winter Reading by Diane Tourville on GenSpotters. Fantastic Find! US Mexican War … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 23, 2019

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs New Ontario Digital Collections and Changes at the GRO by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Irish Administrative Jurisdictions by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots. Useful Free Sources for Irish Genealogy … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 7, 2017

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. Blogs Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 1 of 3 by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Using the GRO Index Search – Another Example by Wayne Shepheard … Continue reading →

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Irish civil registration indexes taken offline

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Gail Dever

Oh, no. Say it isn’t so. Three weeks after the launch of the General Register Office’s civil registration indexes on IrishGenealogy.ie, the Data Protection Commission has had the entire collection taken offline. I understand the reason, but why didn’t someone … Continue reading →

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