Find Certificates

If you need to prove a birth, adoption, marriage, divorce or death, or require copies of wills and grants, our quick and easy to use certificate service provides a one stop solution to your problem.

  • Birth, marriage and death certificates:
    Available from 1st July 1837, although registration of vital events only became law in 1875
  • Adoption certificates available:
    Available 1st January 1927, when legal adoption began in England & Wales
  • Decrees absolute:
    Available from 1857
  • Wills and grants:
    Available from 11th January 1858

Please contact us for help obtaining certificates from jurisdictions outside England & Wales. For details of the full range of services we offer, please visit our services section.


Certificate service details and order form:

Cut-off time: 3pm

Terms & Conditions

Download an application form

Total cost = £20 (+VAT) per document regardless of no. of copies + cost of document.


Online order forms:

You can submit a search for one of the following certificates by selecting its name below:

Event Document Delivery Cost of document
Birth Standard 4 working days £7 per copy
Priority 1 working day £23 per copy
Adoption Standard 4 working days £7 per copy
Priority 1 working day £23 per copy
Marriage Standard 4 working days £7 per copy
Priority 1 working day £23 per copy
Decree Absolute Standard 48 hours* £60 per copy
Death Standard 4 working days £7 per copy
Priority 1 working day £23 per copy
Probate
Will & / or grant		 Certified 5 working days £5 per copy
Uncertified Same day £5 per copy

* Subject to the document being filed at the Principal Registry. Documents can be sourced from the issuing court if not, but may take some weeks