It is part of the Office of National Statistics, and there are equivalent offices for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their responsibility covers the registration of births, marriages and deaths, and also that of stillbirths and adoptions. They also supply copies of birth, marriage and death certificates. These copies may be obtained either online, via the Family Records Centre or from a local register office.
The GeneralRegisterOffice (GRO) is that part of the government of the United Kingdom that deals with the civil registration of births, marriages, Civil Partnerships and deaths in England and Wales.
Then in 1996, the OPCS and therefore the GRO became part of the newly created Office for National Statistics, and the office of Registrar General was merged with that of Head of the Government Statistical Service.
The responsibility of all three generalregisteroffices covers the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and also that of stillbirths and adoptions.
Registers of all Marriagesregistered in the whole of Ireland from 1st January, 1864, to 31st December, 1921, and in Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland) from that date.
Registers of Births at Sea of children, one of whose parents was Irish, registered from 1st January, 1864, to 31st December, 1921.
Register of Births at Sea of Children one of whose parents was born in the Republic of Ireland, registered after 1921.
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