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== External links ==
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*[https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp Order a certificate online] from the GRO. This is the only GRO website. Once you are logged in, it is now (introduced November 2016) possible to search for GRO Historic Birth and Death Index References through the website. "... the new GRO indexes enable researchers to click through from their findings and make purchases on the same platform. Crucially, the birth index also provides mothers’ maiden names for the full range of entries. In other online indexes, it is only possible for researchers see these details for births registered from July 1911 onwards.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720071408/http://cdn.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gro-launches-new-digital-services "GRO launches new digital services"] by jonbauckham, 4 November 2016 whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com, now archived.</ref>
: '''Note''': If you do not supply the GRO Index Reference, the certificate will cost more, and may take longer to be sent. The cheaper PDF format is not available for Forces or Overseas Records, or UK marriages.
*[https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office Contact details for the GRO] on Gov.uk, including email address for queries about certificates and advice to include ‘GQ’ in the subject of your email.
:Additional email address for "General Register Office Enquiry" current 2020/06 <nowiki>grofirstpointofcontact@gro.gov.uk</nowiki>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20051223043104/www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/searchingforoverseasrecords/index.asp Searching for overseas records] Archived website GRO.gov.uk January 2006
*[https://www.gov.uk/research-family-history Research your family history using the General Register Office] from Gov.uk. Includes main locations in England "and other locations" which includes locations within, and outside of the UK, where GRO Indexes may be viewed in person, including the [[British Library]], noting holders of GRO Indexes may only have partial sets. **Also includes details of two sources for online GRO references for England and Wales births and deaths. The differences between these two sources, sometimes referred to as the new, and old, GRO Indexes, is explained in [https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/jan19news.htm#GROunderstanding Understanding how the GRO's indexes [for England and Wales<nowiki>]</nowiki> were compiled] (if necessary scroll down) Lost Cousins Newsletter - 7th January 2019.
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