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The three lists on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/GROIndexes.html Genuki ~ GRO Indexes Registration Districts] provide the reference numbers of the registration districts for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales.
  
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1837-1851 (Roman numerals)
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*1837-1851 (Roman numerals)
  
Ref.No. Registration District
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*1852-1946 (Arabic numerals plus a letter)
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I London & Middlesex
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*Reference Numbers for each County
  
II London & Middlesex
 
  
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These reference numbers also serve as the Volume identifier in the General Register Office's indexes (at the Family Records Centre in London and many other libraries and family history research centres).
  
III London & Middlesex
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Roman numerals were used for the reference numbers until 1851 when the districts were modified and Arabic numerals plus a letter were used. As the older register indexes are updated the Roman numerals are being replaced by Arabic numerals.
  
IV London & Surrey
 
  
V Kent
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Alphabetical listing of locations in England and Wales can be found on
  
VI Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/ Genuki ~ English and Welsh Register Offices]
  
VII Hampshire & Sussex
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*[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/places/ Place Name Index]
 
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VIII Dorset, Hampshire & Wiltshire
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IX Cornwall & Devon
 
 
 
X Devon & Somerset
 
 
 
XI Gloucestershire, Somerset & Warwickshire
 
 
 
XII Essex & Suffolk
 
 
 
XIII Norfolk & Suffolk
 
 
 
XIV Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire & Suffolk
 
 
 
XV Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire & Rutland
 
 
 
XVI Oxfordshire, Staffordshire & Warwickshire
 
 
 
XVII Staffordshire
 
 
 
XVIII Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire
 
 
 
XIX Cheshire, Derbyshire & Flintshire
 
 
 
XX Lancashire
 
 
 
XXI Lancashire & Yorkshire
 
 
 
XXII Yorkshire
 
 
 
XXIII Yorkshire
 
 
 
XXIV Durham & Yorkshire
 
 
 
XXV Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire & Northumberland
 
 
 
XXVI Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire, Herefordshire,
 
 
 
Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire & Shropshire
 
 
 
XXVII Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire,
 
 
 
Merionethshire & Montgomeryshire
 

Latest revision as of 07:30, 26 September 2009


The three lists on Genuki ~ GRO Indexes Registration Districts provide the reference numbers of the registration districts for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales.


  • 1837-1851 (Roman numerals)
  • 1852-1946 (Arabic numerals plus a letter)
  • Reference Numbers for each County


These reference numbers also serve as the Volume identifier in the General Register Office's indexes (at the Family Records Centre in London and many other libraries and family history research centres).

Roman numerals were used for the reference numbers until 1851 when the districts were modified and Arabic numerals plus a letter were used. As the older register indexes are updated the Roman numerals are being replaced by Arabic numerals.


Alphabetical listing of locations in England and Wales can be found on



Back to Records Office Guide