We offer a courier service to obtain any certificate for England and Wales which you require. To order a Certificate using this service click the Shop button at the top of the page and select Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates to order online or download the Application Form to order by post. Please allow two weeks for delivery.

 

Please note:- To use this Service ALL the following details must be supplied: Year/quarter/ surname/forename(s)/registration district/ volume number/page number. If any of these can't be supplied then you will need to use the search service first.

We hold microfiche copies of the General Register Office indexes of Births 1837-2001, Marriages 1837-2001 and Deaths 1837-2001 and we provide a search service to trace the GRO reference of the event which you require. To order a search using this service click the Shop button at the top of the page and select "Search the BMD Indexes for England and Wales" to order online or download the Application Form to order by post.

Our Database of Essex Burials covers the period 1537 to 2000 and is complete for the Church of England Registers. The coverage dates for all churches included in the Essex Burial Index are shown on our Church Records List (click on the Services button at the top of the page and select Church Records List from the menu). To order a search of this index click the Shop button at the top of the page and select "Search the Essex Burials Index" to order online or download the Application Form to order by post.

Our Research Team will search the Parish Registers that are held in the Essex Record Office. To order a search using this service click the Shop button at the top of the page and select "Search Essex Parish Registers" to order online or download the Application Form to order by post.

The Monumental Inscription index has been compiled from the recordings our members have made of gravestones throughout Essex. To discover if a particular burial location has been recorded and is therefore included in the Monumental Inscription Index check our Church Records List (click on the Services button at the top of the page and select Church Records List from the menu). To order a search of this index click the Shop button at the top of the page and select "Search the Monumental Inscriptions Index" to order online or download the Application Form to order by post.

We can search the following miscellaneous indexes. If you would like our Research Team to conduct a search of any of the Miscellaneous Indexes listed below, please send an email to Elizabeth Cox (see "Contact Us" at the top of this page) specifying which Index you would like searched, supplying the name of the person and specifying which year(s) are to be searched. You will receive a reply detailing the cost of the search and the method of payment which is required.

 

British Consular Registers - BMD

Births and Deaths of British people in a foreign Country where a British Consulate is in operation.

Marriage returns from foreign countries where the British Embassy hold a marriage warrant.

British High Commission Registers - BD

Births and Deaths of British people in a Commonwealth country where a British High Commission is in operation.

Marriages are not received by High commissions.

Registers are only made AFTER the date of independence, i.e. India from 1949. Jamaica from 1965. Kenya from 1965.

For events that took place before Independence, you should consult the Civil Registration Authority for that country.

There are certain countries where there is no provision for any form of British Consul or High Commission registers e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Falkland Islands, Canada, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

British Forces posted overseas - BMD

 

Births, Marriages and Deaths relating to members of the British Armed Forces posted overseas.

These entries do not show a claim to British citizenship.

Events connected to the Armed forces in Northern Ireland are registered at the GRO, Belfast.

Civil Aircraft - BD

Births and Deaths on British registered aircraft. Information is supplied by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), London.

Hovercraft - BD

Births and Deaths of people which take place on British registered hovercraft. Information is supplied by the Registry of Shipping and Seaman (RSS), Cardiff.

For the information of those researching overseas, The British Library holds:-

Oriental and India Office Collection India and Pakistan, 1698-1948 St. Helena, 1767-1835 Sumatra, 1759-1825 Malacca, Penang and Singapore, 1799-1829 Macao and Canton, 1820-1833 *Kuwait, 1937-1961 *Aden, 1840-1948.

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We can search the following miscellaneous indexes. If you would like our Research Team to conduct a search of any of the Miscellaneous Indexes listed below, please send an email to Elizabeth Cox (see "Contact Us" at the top of this page) specifying which Index you would like searched, supplying the name of the person and specifying which year(s) are to be searched. You will receive a reply detailing the cost of the search and the method of payment which is required.

 

Ionian Islands - BMD

Civil and Regimental records from 1818-1864

Marine - BD

Births and Deaths on British registered ships.

British citizens on certain foreign registered ships.

No register is available for marriages at sea. Information is supplied by the Registry of Shipping and Seaman (RSS) Cardiff.

Offshore Installation - D

Deaths which take place on British owned offshore installations.

Deaths which take place on lifeboats or other emergency survival craft belonging to offshore installations. Information is supplied to the RSS by the installation owner.

Regimental records - BMD

Birth and Baptism, 1761-1924

Marriage records for 1786-1924

War Deaths - D

Entries do not show place of burial or next of kin.

Information on certificates issued are: Regiment, Army number, Rank, Name, Age at Death, Country of Birth, place and cause of death.