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Security of births, marriages and deaths registers in the event of a national emergency
Catalogue reference: RG 28/312
What’s it about?
This record is about the Security of births, marriages and deaths registers in the event of a national emergency dating from 1951 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31 in the series General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 28/312
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Security of births, marriages and deaths registers in the event of a national emergency
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 14531 R51
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14059362/
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Series information
RG 28
General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RG
Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and...
339 records
Within the series: RG 28
General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers
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Security of births, marriages and deaths registers in the event of a national emergency
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