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Registrar-General's Office
Catalogue reference: MH 20/68
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This record is about the Registrar-General's Office dating from 1855-1905 May in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Registers of Correspondence with Government.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MH 20/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1905 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registrar-General's Office
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2567488/
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