Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in England and Wales in 1837.
You can order and pay for copies of ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ birth, marriage and death certificates online using our . Please see copy certificates for information about other ways to order ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ certificates, the information included on certificates and the fees.
To order certificates outside the county of ÄûÃʵ¼°¹, please see the website and for information about the GRO indexes.
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ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ History Centre holds microfiche copies of the General Register Office indexes for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales for the years 1880-1930 only. We recommend that you book a microfiche reader in advance.
GRO indexes can also be searched on and websites which are free to use at ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ History Centre and ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ Libraries.
is an ongoing project to transcribe the civil registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
If you are looking for information about births, marriages and deaths before 1837, please see our Guide to the Parish Registers, which lists the ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ Parish Records held by ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ History Centre.