1837 to now
GRO has all the records registered in England and Wales from July 1837.
You can order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates online for £9.25 each (Currently 2018).
You don’t need a certificate’s GRO index reference number to make an order, but it will make the process much easier and faster.
You can order PDFs of historical birth and death certificates online for £6 (Currently 2018) each, but please remember that a PDF is not “evidential”.
Click here to see FHUK main website for further information
Before 1837
If you need to trace back earlier than 1837, then you will need to use Parish Registers (and a number of other sources) to trace back for records before 1837, then you will have to turn to Parish Registers (and other records for Scotland & Ireland). You will usually find parish registers at the local County Record office, or, if you have access to the Internet, at websites such as:
Link 1
Link 2
GRO has all the records registered in England and Wales from July 1837.
You can order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates online for £9.25 each (Currently 2018).
You don’t need a certificate’s GRO index reference number to make an order, but it will make the process much easier and faster.
You can order PDFs of historical birth and death certificates online for £6 (Currently 2018) each, but please remember that a PDF is not “evidential”.
Click here to see FHUK main website for further information
Before 1837
If you need to trace back earlier than 1837, then you will need to use Parish Registers (and a number of other sources) to trace back for records before 1837, then you will have to turn to Parish Registers (and other records for Scotland & Ireland). You will usually find parish registers at the local County Record office, or, if you have access to the Internet, at websites such as:
Link 1
Link 2
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