Births, deaths and marriages/civil partnerships - historical searches

Brent Registration and Nationality Service 020 8937 1010

There are many ways you can start researching your family history.

• look at your parents' birth certificates to find their family names
• a marriage certificate is even better as it gives the names of the couple's fathers and their professions
• A civil partnership certificate lists both the mother and fathers name s and professions
• death certificates can tell you where a person was living when they died and what their job was. It will also name the person who registered the death and give their relationship to the deceased
• speak to older generations and look for old photographs to build up a picture of your family tree.

For a fee of £18 you can spend up to six hours searching the council's records. Duplicates of certificates can be bought for £7 each. We only have information on people who died, were born, or got married/joined in civil partnership in Brent. For births, deaths and marriages/civil partnerships that took place in another country you may need to contact the embassy or high commission of that country.

For a wider search contact:

The National Archives Centre at kew now hold the records formerly held by the Family Record Centre.

• certificates.services@ons.gov.uk or 0870 243 7788
• www.nationalarchives.gov.uk or 020 8876 3444

General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD.

• certificates.services@ons.gov.uk or 0870 243 7788
• www.statistics.gov.uk/registration

Other useful links

• A chargeable website www.findmypast.com/