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Piece
Miscellaneous Foreign Returns. (Described at item level).
Catalogue reference: RG 32/2
What’s it about?
This record is about the Miscellaneous Foreign Returns. (Described at item level). dating from 1871-1895 in the series General Register Office: Miscellaneous Foreign Returns. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 32/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous Foreign Returns. (Described at item level).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please note that the item numbers equate to the original folio numbers in the document, and therefore not all item numbers have been used.
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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)
- 2
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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 and Miscellaneous
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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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- Topics
- Census
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2191416/
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Series information
RG 32
General Register Office: Miscellaneous Foreign Returns
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