Family History
If your family came from Liverpool you can order birth/death/marriage certificates dating back to 1837. A family history pack is available on request to assist you with your research. We would recommend that you apply by post and your cheque should be made out to Liverpool City Council.
Each certificate will cost £9 and you should send individual cheques for each certificate you are requesting, with a stamped addressed envelope for the return of your certificates. You can also download a credit/debit card form from this site and post it to us with your application. There is an extra 50p charged for debit/credit card applications. Please note the fee will not be charged to your account until the certificate has been issued.
We are currently working within our Service Target of producing Family History applications in 14 working days.
You can also visit the Register Office in person to make your payment but your application will still go into the queuing system and cannot be collected on the same day. We will post your certificate to you.
Firstly, we will need you to provide the name and initials of the person whose application you are requesting as recorded in the index. Secondly, we need the district and the quarter.
Your local library or the Records Office at William Brown Street Library should be able to assist you with your search. You can also visit www.lancashirebmd.org.uk to search for this information. You can also make an appointment to conduct a general search through the indexes in person.
This service costs £18 for up to 6 hours. Please contact 0151 233 4978 or e-mail registrar@liverpool.gov.uk
Please note the Register Office cannot assist with your searches without the relevant information as listed above.
Download an application form
Download the family history Birth form![(MS Word [109Kb] opens in new window)](/images/Word.gif)
Download the family history Death form
Download the family history Marriage form
Newly available
In partnership with the Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire Family History Societies - a further 85,540 Liverpool Marriage Index entries added to the 407,529 previous entries.
During 2004, in partnership with the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, and with direct volunteer assistance from the Liverpool Family History Society, a new batch of Liverpool's marriage indexes was added to the LancashireBMD web-site.
We are working our way back to 1837. Further marriage entries will be released as soon as we have them available.
You can now purchase a family history scroll from the Liverpool Register Office (cost £5 direct or £7.50 by post). Please make cheques/postal orders payable to Liverpool City Council.
Other Local Records
An extensive and significant collection of local records, dating back to the 13th century, is held by the Liverpool Records Office, you can visit their website at Recoffice.central.library@liverpool.gov.uk