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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.
Find a register office (registry office) - register and find records of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and order certificates
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Apply online to get a UK document legalised - document requirements, what it costs, how long it takes and how to get help with your application.
A deed poll recognises a change of name of an adult or child - make your own, use official forms, or get one through a specialist agency or solicitor.
Contact information for the General Register Office
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
Get military records of service for the Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), British Army and Royal Air Force - who can apply, how long it takes, cost, how to apply.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
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
Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.
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
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
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