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Promotional material: Family tree: guide to death certificates

Hm Passport Office

November 15
09:00 2023

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This guide explains:

  • how to find your ancestors death certificates
  • how much it costs to order a death certificate
  • what information youll find on a death certificate
  • how to order death certificates online, by phone or by post
  • information about PDF records
  • information about the Online View digital image service

The guide also includes tips on what to do if you cant find your ancestors in the General Register Offices public index of every death recorded in England and Wales since 1837.

Published 22 January 2016
Last updated 15 November 2023 +show all updates
  1. Updated to reflect the extension of years available for death records via online view.

  2. Guidance updated to include the online view service.

  3. New death certificate leaflet added.

  4. First published.

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