Introduction
Cambridgeshire County Council holds records of births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to the present date. We also hold all non-religious Marriage and Civil Partnership registrations.
To order a certified copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate for identification or family history purposes, please click the link below.
Certificate and postage costs
Disruption to Mail Services
Second-Class Royal Mail deliveries are currently taking several weeks to arrive and First-Class can take up to a week. This is due to the Royal Mail delivery timeframes and is out of our control.
If your certificates has not arrived, do not contact us until at least 4 weeks from the date of your original order. If you have made a priority order and your certificate has not arrived, do not contact us until at least two weeks from the date of your original order.
Thank you for your understanding.
- Each certificate costs £12.50
Postal options
- 2nd class postage is free. Certificates will be posted within 15 working days of your order being received.
- Certificates can be sent via Royal Mail Signed For service which incurs an additional £7.00 fee (UK addresses only). Certificates will be posted within 15 working days of your order being received.
- Express Service is available for an additional £26.00 which guarantees same day 1st class postage (if the order has been received by 3pm, or next working day postage if the order is received after 3pm). Royal Mail Signed For service can be applied to our express orders for a further £ 7.00 (£33.00 in total, in addition to the cost of certificates).
Please note: We cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage once the certificate is posted. Once the order is submitted, no cancellations or amendments are possible.
Other types of certificates
Family history research
Researching your family history is a fascinating and time-consuming hobby. Cambridgeshire County Council has a number of resources that can help.
Trace your family tree at your local library
All Cambridgeshire libraries have free access to the British Newspaper Archive, as well as FindMyPast.co.uk and Ancestrylibraryedition.co.uk for censuses 1841-1911, the 1939 Register and the General Registry Office (GRO) index.
Our local studies collections in Cambridge Central Library, Huntingdon Library and Wisbech Library also hold a wide range of historic material about Cambridgeshire towns and villages.
In addition to the above you can use the General Register Office to research family history.
