General Register Office for Scotland

non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland
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General Register Office for Scotland

Summary

General Register Office for Scotland is a register office[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (register_office category, ranking #5 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Register Office for Scotland is located in Scotland[3].
  • General Register Office for Scotland is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's image is recorded as New Register House.jpg[5].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's instance of is recorded as register office[6].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's instance of is recorded as non-ministerial government department[7].
  • General Register Office for Scotland was dissolved in +2011-04-01T00:00:00Z[8].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0747d9[9].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Scotland[10].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's replaced by is recorded as National Records of Scotland[11].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's official name is recorded as General Register Office for Scotland[12].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's short name is recorded as GROS[13].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's different from is recorded as Gros[14].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 36327[15].
  • General Register Office for Scotland's AAGM person or institution ID is recorded as 37003[16].

Body

Identity

General Register Office for Scotland's official name is recorded as it[12]. Its short name is recorded as GROS[13].

Dissolution

General Register Office for Scotland was dissolved in +2011-04-01T00:00:00Z[8].

Why It Matters

General Register Office for Scotland draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (register_office category, ranking #5 of 2).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_general-register-office-for-scotland_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{General Register Office for Scotland}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/general-register-office-for-scotland}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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