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General Register Office for Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland

General Register Office for Scotland

Edinburgh
About MeThe General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland from 1854 to 2011. It was also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of civil marriage in Scotland. It administered the census of Scotland's population every ten years. It also kept the Scottish National Health Service Central Register.

On 1 April 2011 it was merged with the National Archives of Scotland to form National Records of Scotland. All the former department's functions continue as part of the new body.
George Jamesone
Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1589 - 1644
Frances Farquharson
Seattle, Portland, USA, 1903 - 1991
John Barbour
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1316 - 1395
Falling from Grace by Gwen Hardie
Fife, Scotland, born 1962
Edinburgh, Scotland, born 1965
Valentines
Dundee, founded 1851
Sarah Keay
Dundee, Scotland, born 1981
'Tidelines by Nine', by Robert Callender
Mottingham, England, 1932 - 2011
James Jeffrey Grant
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1883 - 1960
Ernestine Mills
Hastings, England, 1871 - 1959
Neil Fachie
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1984
Horn Beaker
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1825 - 1997
Gwynneth Holt
Wednesbury, England, 1909 - 1995
Tim Baillie
Westhill, Scotland, born 1979
Letter from Caroline Phillips to Mrs Allan
Glasgow, Scotland, 1868 - 1968
Professor Ian Howard
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1952
Silver and Granite Bracelet
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1848 - 1939