page_title: General Register Office
hierarchical_section_title: General Register Office
caption_attribution_description: English: 10. Registrar General's Office SH 562
context_page_description: General Register Office or General Registry Office is the name given to the civil registry in the United Kingdom, many other Commonwealth nations and Ireland. The GRO is or was the government agency responsible for the recording of vital records such as births, deaths, and marriages, which may also include adoptions, stillbirths, civil unions, etc., and historically, sometimes included records relating to deeds and other property transactions.
  The director of a General Register Office is or was often titled Registrar General or Registrar-General.
context_section_description: General Register Office or General Registry Office (GRO) is the name given to the civil registry in the United Kingdom, many other Commonwealth nations and Ireland. The GRO is or was the government agency responsible for the recording of vital records such as births, deaths, and marriages (or BDM), which may also include adoptions, stillbirths, civil unions, etc., and historically, sometimes included records relating to deeds and other property transactions.
  The director of a General Register Office is or was often titled Registrar General or Registrar-General.
caption: Registrar-General’s Office, Sydney Australia (1872)
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