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Series
General Register Office and successors: Departmental Records: Registered Files (DR...
Catalogue reference: RG 76
What's it about?
RG 76
Files of the departmental records section concerning records management and archival issues.
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 76
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office and successors: Departmental Records: Registered Files (DR series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the departmental records section concerning records management and archival issues.
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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)
- DR series
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register Office, 1836-1970
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 1970-1996
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2005 Office for National Statistics
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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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- Topics
- Census
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The departmental records section dealt with internal records management issues and the transfer of records to the Public Record Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15944/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RG
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General Register Office and successors: Departmental Records: Registered Files (DR series)
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