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Registration of births, marriage and deaths in England started in 1837. Copies of certificates can be obtained from the '''General Register Office (GRO)'''. It was not compulsory to register a birth, marriage or death with the British authorities whilst you were abroad, but if the event was registered, then a certificate can be obtained from the GRO.
The records General Register Office is a subsidiary of HM Passport Office, which in turn is an an agency of the Home Office. Records originally held by the GRO are may now be part of [[The National Archives]]. Some of Those records classified as Non-Statutory were transmitted from the records GRO to TNA, where they have a National Archives catalogue reference, series RG, but some . Some of the records in respect of military overseas births, marriages and deaths do notremain with the GRO. The National Archives or GRO documentation about the latter group of records is very brief. Some events are recorded in multiple places.
The GRO records are closed to the public.
