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General Register Office Circulars: Adoption of Children Act 1926 (Former reference:...
Catalogue reference: RG 41/20
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This record is about the General Register Office Circulars: Adoption of Children Act 1926 (Former reference:... dating from 1927 in the series General Register Office: Circulars. 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 41/20
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927
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Description (What the record is about)
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General Register Office Circulars:
- Adoption of Children Act 1926 (Former reference: GRO no 1).
- Legitimacy Act 1926 (Former reference: GRO no 2).
- Marriages by licence in district of residence: new regulation (Former reference: GRO no 3).
- Registration of deaths: amendment to regulations (Former reference: GRO no 4).
- Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926: notice to burial authorities (Former reference: BA 1927).
- Coroners' (Amendment) Act 1926 (Former reference: GRO no 5).
- Medical certificates of cause of death (Former reference: GRO no 6).
- The Registration (Births, Stillbirths, Deaths and Marriages) Consolidated Regulations 1927. New handbook for Registration Officers (Former reference: GRO no 7).
- Lists of registrars (Former reference: GRO no 8).
- Certificates of stillbirth (Former reference: GRO no 9).
- Examples of entries and index to handbook (Former reference: GRO no 10).
- Deaths from starvation etc. (Former reference: GRO no 11).
- Medical certificates and quarterly certified copies (Former reference: GRO no 12).
- Registration ink (Former reference: GRO no 13).
- Inquest cases: post mortem or no post mortem: circular to HM Coroners (Former reference: GRO no 14).
- Marriage of persons resident in Guernsey. Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (Former reference: GRO no 15).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3542977/
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RG 41
General Register Office: Circulars
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Within the series: RG 41
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General Register Office Circulars: Adoption of Children Act 1926 (Former reference:...
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