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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
You can access your birth records if you don’t have them because you were…
You can add yourself to the Adoption Contact Register at the General…
You can use an intermediary agency to help you trace a birth relative if…
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
You can apply for a birth registration correction when the information is…
The following people can apply for a correction: the mother the father (if…
It costs £75 or £90 to apply to correct a mistake in a birth registration.…
Correct an original registration with the register office or GRO - what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes
Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Application form to order a birth certificate for a birth that was registered overseas.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
Annual UK and constituent country figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.
Application form to order a copy of a birth certificate registered in England and Wales.
Contact information for the General Register Office
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Find a register office (registry office) - register and find records of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and order certificates
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