Northumberland Registration Service holds the original registers for the county from 1837 to the present day.

PLEASE NOTE: To apply for your copy certificate, you will need to give us specific details and pay the correct fee.

• Order a new certificate

The birth, death, marriage or civil partnership must have taken place in Northumberland between 1837 and the present day. We will need the following information:

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

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

Please note - due the closure of the office over the Christmas period, we will be unable to issue copy certificates for historic events. We will continue to issue copy certificates for recent deaths only, over this period.

PLEASE NOTE - how our service is impacted by COVID-19

If you have recently registered a death via a telephone appointment, you do not need to order certificates using the priority service. Please use the standard service (fee - £11 per certificate). We will be monitoring the orders and will be producing the certificate on the same or next working day, and will be sending them out first class. 

We are currently unable to offer a collection service, as the Council is restricting public access to our buildings. All certificates will be sent out through the post. 

Online:

• Order a copy certificate here.

Via telephone:

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

Fees and timescales 

Fee per certificate	Timescale
£11	Standard service Orders are processed within five working days.  Your certificate will either be posted out to you second class, or will be available for collection from County Hall, Morpeth, or any main Register Office. You will be given a call when your certificate is ready for collection.
£35	Priority service Orders are processed within 24 hours of order receipt (Mon-Fri). Your certificate will either be posted out to your first class, or will be available for collection from County Hall or any main Register Office. You will be given a call when your certificate is ready for collection.

 
 
Applications from abroad:

• Payments should be in pounds sterling by a cheque drawn with a UK address, accompanied by international reply paid coupons. 
• Please allow 28 days for delivery.

PLEASE NOTE: if you require additional copies of a certificate at a registration appointment, a fee of £11 is payable per certificate.
 
Collection points for certificates:

Please note - Due to Covid restrictions, collection from our buildings is currently unavailable

• County Hall, Morpeth, NE61 2EF
• Register Office, Hexham House, Gilesgate, Hexham, NE46 3NH
• Register Office, The Library Building, Walkergate, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 1DB
• Register Office, 27 Fenkle Street, Alnwick, NE66 1HW