| Each Register Office within Northumberland keeps the original Births, Deaths and Marriages Registers for its own District from 1837 to the present day.
However, some marriage registers used by the Church of England or other places of worship may not have been completed and registers will remain at the church. If we do not hold your entry we will return your application, supplying the name and address of the person who does.
Details required to fill out an application
Birth or Death
- Where and when the birth/death took place
- Full name of person
- Supporting information - parents names (birth) or person's occupation (death) to identify where there are two entries with the same name.
Marriage
- Name of church, chapel or Register Office
- Date of wedding
- Name of one or both the parties married
If the entry is not held at our Register Office we will try to advise on the Registration District that may hold the entry.
Once you have determined the record you require, you can apply for the certificate by: -
- Writing with the details, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope and a cheque or postal order for the appropriate fee payable to Northumberland County Council or N.C.C For applications from abroad, payment should be in Pound Sterling by a cheque drawn with a UK address on the cheque accompanied by international reply paid coupons.
- In person at the Register Office, where you will fill out an application form and pay the appropriate fee.
Historical Records
Often these applications can take longer to find the information we require is as follows: -
Births and Deaths • Full name, year, quarter and district
If the names of parent's (births) and persons occupation (death) is known this can assist identifying an entry where there are two or more entries with the same name.
Marriages
- Name of one or both parties married
- Year, quarter and district
- Precise church or parish where it took place
If you are intent on doing some detailed family research our Register Offices do have the facility to allow personal searches, however this is by appointment only, and a charge will be levied for this facility.
If you are unsure about certain information there are other avenues you can explore before contacting the Register Office, these include:
- The Family Records Centre, 1, Myddleton Street, London
- The Census – these are available to the public 1801-1901
- Parish Registers
- Bishop' Transcripts- from approximately 1600 onwards
- Inscriptions on gravestones
The above list is not exhaustive, and each individual Register Office will attempt to help you. Furthermore, Northumberland have there own Archive Offices, in Morpeth and Berwick where further information and advice is available.
Morpeth Records Office
The Kylins
Loansdean
Morpeth
NE61 2EQ
TEL: 01670 504084
HOURS: Mon & Wed 0930 – 1300 & 1400 - 1700
Tues 0930 – 1300 & 1400 – 2000
Berwick Records Office
Borough Council Offices
Wallace Gardens
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1ED
TEL: 01289 330044 ext 230
HOURS: Wed & Thurs 0930 – 1300 & 1400 - 1700
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