CIVIL REGISTRATION in ENGLAND & WALES
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths commenced 1 July 1837 with the introduction of the first central register for England and Wales, held by the General Registrar at the General Register Office (GRO) in London. The country was divided into 27 regions, which in turn were divided into districts, under the control of Superintendent Registrars, and divided further into sub-districts, under the control of Registrars.
A birth was first registered, and indexed, at the Register Office for the locality in which the birth took place, which may have been some distance away from where the family usually resided. The Registrar sent a copy to the General Register Office to be incorporated into the GRO's national index. Therefore, there should be two records of the birth, one in the local index and one in the national index.
Army Returns of births, marriages and deaths are part of a separate series of the General Register Office indexes that include records of British nationals abroad and cover dates earlier than 1837.
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE BIRTH INDEXES 1837-1950
Entries for DIBDEN (and variants)
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Copyright Note:
The data in the GRO National Indexes are the Copyright of the Crown and the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reserves all rights of the Crown in the use of these data.
LOCAL REGISTER OFFICE BIRTH INDEXES
Entries for DIBDEN (and variants)
ARMY BIRTHS
Entries for DIBDEN (and variants)
