Births, deaths, marriages and citizenship

Services delivered by the Register Office, including registering a birth or a death, ordering certificate copies and citizenship ceremonies.

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Registering a birth

(summary field example) You cannot register a birth at the moment because of Coronavirus.

Order a copy of a certificate

To order copies of a certificate you must give us enough information to find the original record.

we are very busy at present and ordering copy certificates is taking much longer than usual. Please allow 20 working days from order to delivery.

If you need any historic certificates you can order from The General Register Office.
 

Birth certificates

To order a copy of a birth certificate we need to know:

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  • Registry office is closed until further notice

    All non-essential face to face registration and ceremonial services have been suspended until further notice due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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