What information is available as public record in the UK? It is surprising how much information you can find on the Internet. Because of the Public Records Act of 1958, the Public Records Act of 1967, and the Freedom of Information Act of 2005, there is a wide variety of data that is available publicly. […]
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UK Public Records Online
Posted onIt’s not too tough to find public records in the UK as there are plenty of resources available for you to use in your search. There are many reasons that you may be searching for public records, and public records are in high demand from many people. Accessing these records can be as simple as […]
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Posted onRecords for Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Adoptions, Immigration and More Maybe you are interested in finding public records in the UK of a different nature. The official UK statistics site has all kinds of public information such as economic information and social information. They have resources for all types of searches. Birth, death, marriage, civil […]
Continue readingAbout the UK General Register Office (GRO)
Posted onUK Public Records Found in the General Register Office (GRO) In the United Kingdom, the General Register Office, or GRO stores and organizes vital records. These vital records such as birth records, death records, marriage records, and divorce records compromise part of the public record. There is one GRO for England and Wales (the General […]
Continue readingUK Birth, Death, Adoption, Marriage and Divorce Records to be Digitized
Posted onNews: UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS) Also Online UK Public Records including birth records, death records, marriage records and divorce records are in the process of being being fully digitized to they will be available to the public online. The plan to digitize records was revealed by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS). As […]
Continue readingNews- UK Online Public Records of Medieval Nottinghamshire
Posted onPublic records go back very far into history in the UK. So much so that The National Archives, the Nottinghamshire County Council Archives Team and the University of Nottinghamshire has published the manorial records of Nottinghamshire dating back to medieval times online.Advertising Disclosure The BBC reports that these 13th century records about Nottinhamshire manors reveal […]
Continue readingNews- About the Public Records (Scotland) Bill
Posted onScotland is at the forefront of protecting public records in the UK. Earlier this year, it announced that the Public Records (Scotland) Bill aims to protect and organize public records for the future.Advertising Disclosure The Shaw Report of 2007, aka the Historical Abuse Systemic Review found due to poor record keeping, it was sometimes hard […]
Continue readingNews- How to Find Someone: Never Give Up Hope
Posted onA mysterious photograph. A lost past. A family mystery. Lisa Rickett reports in The Guardian that modern technology has helped her identify a couple in an old family photograph as her paternal grandparents. Her family history was lost as no one was alive to identify the people in the picture.Advertising Disclosure Through an internet search, […]
Continue readingNews- UK National Archives Pairs with BBC to Present Domesday Reloaded
Posted onUK Public records need to be preserved so everyone has access to information, as the recent public records project Domesday Reloaded proves. In 1986, the BBC Domesday Project was launched. It was intended to act as archive of people’s everyday lives. It was supposed to mark the anniversary of the original 1086 Domesday book; instead, […]
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