Register office (United Kingdom)

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A register office or The General Register Office, much more commonly but erroneously registry office^[1] (except in official use), is a British government office where births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership, stillbirths and adoptions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are registered.^[2] It is the licensed local of civil registry.

In Scotland, The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) was in service until 2011, when this department was transferred to National Records of Scotland.