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General Register Office for Scotland
The
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
. 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.
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