What information is on a certificate?
Full birth certificate
Gives all details entered in the register:
- name, gender, date and place of birth
- father's name (if given at time of registration), place of birth and occupation
- mother's name, place of birth, maiden surname and, after 1984, occupation
Registrations made before 1969 do not include details of the parents' place of birth and mother's occupation.
Short birth certificate
- name, gender, date of birth
- place of registration
The price is the same for the full or the short certificate.
Death certificate
- name, date and place of death
- date and place of birth (before 1969 a certificate only showed age of deceased)
- occupation and usual address
- cause of death
- the person who gave information for the death registration
Civil partnership certificate
- Standard certificate - includes the partners' addresses (to buy, you must be able to provide the partners' full addresses)
- Extract certificate - does not include the partners' addresses
Marriage certificate
- date and place of marriage
- name, age and marital status/condition of the parties
- occupation and usual address
- name and occupation of each party's father (where recorded)
- signatures of the witnesses
- signature of the person who solemnised the marriage