Birth, Death, Marriage and Civil Partnership Certificates

You may obtain a copy any Scottish birth, death or marriage certificate, from 1855 onwards, or Civil Partnership Certificate from 2004, from the Registrars' Office in Dundee . The fee for all certificates is £15.00. If you wish additional certificates of the same entry, the fee is £10.00 per subsequent certificate, when ordered at the same time. You must order the certificates online and pay securely using a credit/debit card. The certificate will normally be despatched the next working day, at no extra charge.  Please use the links below.

• Birth Certificate
• Marriage Certificate
• Death Certificate

If you were adopted in Scotland and require a copy of your adopted birth certificate, you may only obtain this from the Registrar General for Scotland.

The cost of a birth, death or marriage certificate in Scotland is normally £15.00. If a certificate is purchased within a month from the date that the birth, death or marriage was registered, however, the fee is only £10.00 each. Subsequent copies of the same certificate are also only £10.00, if ordered at the same time.

If you require a certificate from England or Wales, you may obtain a certificate either from the local District Registrar, or from the General Register Office. The General Register Office for England and Wales holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales. Local Register Offices also hold records of events registered in their area.

For recent events registered within the last 18 months, applications for certificates should be made to the Register Office in the district where the birth, death, marriage or civil partnership took place.

For certificates ordered from the General Register Office, correspondence should be addressed to

General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2JD

You can also order and pay for your certificates online.

If you require a certificate you can also order by

Tel: 0845 603 7788 (8am to 8pm Monday to Friday. Saturday 9am - 4pm) Calls are charged at the cost of a local call

If ordering by post, phone or fax, make cheques and postal orders payable to ‘ONS’. Payment from abroad should be by international money order, cheque or draft (payable in London) in favour of ‘ONS’ and should always be expressed in sterling. If you are applying by post, please do not send cash. Payment can also be made by Visa, Access, Mastercard or Switch. If applying at the Family Records Centre (FRC) you may also pay by cash.

You may obtain a certificate for a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership which was registered in Northern Ireland from the following address:

Registrar General, Oxford House, Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4HL

By telephoning 028 9025 2000. If you have Visa/Mastercard you should have your card with you when you ring as they will require your card number and expiry date.

You can apply online if you have Visa/Mastercard.

You may obtain a certificate for a birth, death or marriage which was registered in the Irish Republic from the following address:-

The General Register Office, Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland