Key announcements

Due to planned maintenance some of our online housing services may not be available from 5:00pm until 10:00pm on Tuesday 28 November. We apologise for any inconvenience. To find out more about the section 114 notice, visit our section 114 page

Civil registration records

Births, marriages and deaths before civil registration

If you are searching for a birth, marriage or death prior to civil registration you will need to look at church records. These parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials began in the mid 16th century, although not all churches have registers that date this far back.

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