Find out about getting copy certificates for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships. Order online.
We can only issue copy certificates for births, marriages or deaths that took place in the county of Leicestershire (not Leicester City).
For events that took place within Leicester City, e.g. births in Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital, you’ll need to contact the City of Leicester Register Office.
You can order certificates online. Before you begin, please read the following information:
We will need to know the name, year and the registration district and any other information you may have.
If you are unable to supply precise information, then it may take longer for us to locate the entry to which you are referring. In some cases we may not be able to determine the actual entry.
If you are uncertain of the date of an event we will search for a five-year period (2 years either side of your suggested date (e.g. you suggest 1885, we will search 1883 to 1887) but unfortunately, we do not have the resources for extensive searches of the indexes.
A copy certificate costs £12.50. There is a supplement for special delivery or overseas postage.
Both full and short birth certificates cost the same. The short certificate is not usually accepted by banks or the Passport Office.
An express pay and wait service is available, by appointment.
Our online form allows you to search our records for a certificate and add it to your request, if found.
If there are no search results you can add the details manually to your request, and we'll check if it is available.
Payment is made online when you submit the form - no money will actually be taken at that time, but your card issuer may reserve the amount. When we complete your request, the amount will be taken only for certificates that are available.
Allow 3 to 5 working days from us receiving your request to processing your order.
If the record is not held by Leicestershire, the team will give instructions as to where it can be found and no fee will be taken. The researching family history page has more information on the birth and death registers we hold.
Short birth certificates cannot be ordered online - please contact us directly.
