What information do I need?

The birth, death, marriage or civil partnership must have taken place in Northumberland between 1837 and the present day. 

Birth

• Where and when the birth took place
• The full name of the person
• Any supporting information, e.g. parents’ names, to identify entries with the same name

Death

• The name of the deceased
• The date of death
• The place of death

Marriage

• The name of church, chapel, register office or licensed venue
• The date of wedding
• The name of both of the married parties 

Civil partnership

• The name of both of the partners
• The date of partnership
• Where the civil partnership ceremony took place

How to apply and pay for a copy certificate

If you have all the information we require, you can order and pay for a copy certificate in the following ways:

Online:

• Order a copy certificate here.

Via phone:

• Call us on 0345 600 6400 
• Make sure you have a credit/debit card handy

Fees 

• £11 (standard service - to be posted second class)
• £35 (priority service - to be posted first class)
• *First purchase of certificates (deaths and births within the first calendar month of registration) will be charged at £11. Please use the standard service (fee - £11 per certificate). 

Timescales

The following is our current working time scales on certificate processing:

• Births, Deaths and Marriages - standard service (UK) – orders are being processed and posted second class within 15 working days of the order.
• Birth, Deaths and Marriages - priority service (UK) – orders received before 12pm (Mon-Fri) will be processed on the same day; orders received after 12pm will be processed the following working day. Orders are posted first class.
• First purchase of Deaths certificates – orders will be processed within 24 hours of ordering (on working days) and posted first class.
• First purchase of Birth certificates – orders will be processed within 5 working days of ordering and posted second class.

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