Name of the Organization : Cornwall Council
Type of Facility : Apply for Birth Death & Marriage Certificate
State : Cornwall
Country : England
Website : https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/
Marriage Certificate : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25152-marriage.pdf
Birth Certificate : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25152-birth.pdf
Death Certificate : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25152-death.pdf
Civil Partnership : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25152-civipartnership.pdf
Apply for Birth Death & marriage Certificate :
** We can provide certified copies of birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates for events that took place in Cornwall.
Related : Coventry City Council How To Get A Copy Of A Birth,Death & Marriage Certificate : www.statusin.org/25091.html
You can apply for a copy certificate using these forms :
** Application for Marriage Certificate
** Application for Birth Certificate
** Application for Death Certificate
** Application for Civil Partnership Certificate
** Or you can pick up a form from any Register Office or One Stop Shop, or write to us with the details.
** Please return application forms for copy birth, death or marriage certificates to Certificate Applications (Registration), PO Box 94, Truro, TR1 9AZ.
** A request for a copy Civil Partnership certificate should be returned to the registration office for the area in which the Civil Partnership formation took place.
Information required :
The following information must be supplied before a search of the records may be made :
** Full name of the person(s) included in the registration
** Date of the event including date, month and year
** Location of the event, for example, town or village
** Any other relevant information that may help us to locate the certificate
** A stamped addressed envelope would be appreciated
Details of costs and payment :
** If the entry is traced, the information can only be supplied in the form of a certificate for which a fee is charged.
** If the entry is not found a full refund is made.
** Please make cheques or postal orders payable to Cornwall Council.
** The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating websites that overcharge people for certificates that are available direct from your local register office for the normal fee.
** These websites often charge more than double the certificate cost and can only obtain the certificate from a local register office or the General Register Office so there is no benefit in using them.
** It is quicker and cheaper to apply direct to your local register office.
Family History :
** The Registration Service has custody of registers that recorded births, deaths and marriages occurring in Cornwall since July 1837 when civil registration was introduced.
** The Cornwall record office can help you search for other documents that may help your research into your family history.
** The service had eleven Registration Districts, but from 1st May 2007, the Districts were abolished and one District was created for the whole county.
** The Service also holds registers for both civil marriages and non-conformist chapels, Church of England, meeting houses, Jewish marriages and other religious buildings where marriages have taken place.
** Within each district the parishes are usually divided into a number of sub-districts
Getting Started :
** If you want to compile a family tree you can do so by making an application to Certificate Applications (Registration), PO Box 94, Truro, TR1 9AZ to enable the Superintendent to undertake a search of the records for the event you are searching for.
** The records are, however, concerned with individual events and not with pedigrees.
** It may therefore be necessary to make a series of searches to trace the lines of descent back to 1837.
** For example, if you wish to trace the record of your father’s birth, but do not know when he was born, it may be necessary first to search for the record of your parents’ marriage (working backwards from the date of birth of the eldest child in your family).
** A certificate of the marriage should give your father’s age and the name of his father, and so provide a starting point for tracing and identifying the record of his birth.
** A certificate of that birth will give the names of his parents including the mother’s maiden surname, and the process may be repeated for the preceding generation.
Information you need to provide in your application :
** To help us trace entries in registers there are indexes that alphabetically sort the registers by name, year and sub-district.
** The majority of these indexes are handwritten.
** If you know the district in which the event occurred, the names of those involved and the date of the event (month and year or just year), it should be possible for us to find that entry in the register.
** The Superintendent Registrar will make a search two years each side of the date you have supplied even if your information is not complete, but we do not have the resources to make wider searches.
Maps of districts, showing sub-districts :
** Bodmin District
** Camborne District
** Falmouth District
** Kerrier District
** Launceston District
** Liskeard District
** Penzance District
** St Austell District
** St Germans District
** Stratton District
** Truro District
** List of Cornwall Parishes and their district (in pdf format).
National Index :
** The General Register Office (GRO) hold a national, central register of birth, deaths and marriages dating back to 1837.
Note :
** Reference numbers issued by the General Register Office are different from the local authority numbers and do not match up with the local register entries.
** However, they do confirm that the event occurred in the particular registration district, and the year/quarter, although the sub-district is not indicated.
** It is very helpful for marriages in particular therefore to have a connection to a place, parish or religious denomination.