To apply for a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate, the event must have taken place in Lincolnshire. The event is where the birth, death, marriage or civil partnership took place. Where the event was registered may be different to where the event took place.
If the event occurred outside of Lincolnshire (including North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), you must apply to the correct district or the General Register Office.
Applicants need to ensure they provide as much information as possible for us to locate the correct entry and issue a certificate.
Birth certificates
To apply for a full certified copy of a birth record we need to know:
- full name of the child (as registered at birth)
- date of birth
- place of birth (such as hospital or home address)
- parents' names (as shown on the original registration).
If a person was adopted, the original birth certificate can no longer be used for official use, such as a passport application. To obtain the legal birth or adoption record, contact the General Register Office on 0300 123 1837.
Death certificates
To apply for a certified copy of a death record we need to know:
- the deceased's full name
- their date of death
- where the person died
Marriage certificates or civil partnership certificates
To apply for a certified copy of a marriage or civil partnership record we need to know:
- full names of both parties at the time of the marriage or civil partnership
- date of the event
- specific place of marriage or civil partnership (such as venue or church)
Priority service
We will search our records and dispatch your certificate the next working day after receiving your application, Monday to Friday (excluding bank and public holidays).
Please note this is not a next day delivery service.
Priority certificates cost £38.50 for each copy issued.
Certificates will be posted using first class postage or Royal Mail Special Delivery (further fees will apply for this option). Any additional fees will be applied during the ordering process.
Standard service
We will search our records and dispatch your certificate within 10 working days of receiving your application, Monday to Friday (excluding bank and public holidays).
Standard certificates cost £12.50 for each copy issued.
We will send your certificate(s) to you using second class postage.
International orders
There will be a fee applicable for certificates posted to international destinations. Fees will be applied during the ordering process.
Refunds
Please note that we will retain an administrative fee of £4 from all application which require a refund. This includes, but is not limited to:
- where an application results in no trace of the record, or
- where insufficient information has been provided for a certificate to be issued
Order a certificate
You can apply for certificates online using a credit or debit card. We are unable to accept payments by cheque or postal order.
Registrations before 1837
We do not hold records for events before 1 July 1837. If the event took place in Lincolnshire before 1 July 1837, find out more on the Lincolnshire archives website.