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You need to register on the General Register Office ( GRO ) website to get a copy of a birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate in England and Wales. You can use this service to research your family tree. Order with the GRO index reference number.

The historical birth and death index - births over 100 years old and deaths up to 1957 (those records that have been digitised) are available to search free of charge, via the GRO website at .gov.uk/ bmdcertificates. You can also visit .freebmd.org.uk which contains a transcription of the index from 1837 to 1983.

Under UK law, death certificates are known as Public Records which means that any person can apply for a copy of any certificate, providing that they know the details of the death that is required.

We do not hold or issue copies of birth, marriage or death certificates. Go to GOV.UK to order these certificates. Alternatively, FreeBMD provides online access to transcriptions of the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.

You need to register on the General Register Office ( GRO ) website to get a copy of a birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate in England and Wales. You can use this service to research your family tree. Order with the GRO index reference number.

Can anyone order a death certificate? Under UK legislation, death certificates are designated as 'public records', and as such anyone can request a duplicate certificate to be produced.

You can search most state archives online and easily access them from the comfort of your own home. These searches are also free. State archives often have death certificates that date to the founding of their state and beyond in some cases.