We can provide birth, death and marriage certificates for events that happened in East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1 July 1837 onwards, providing you can supply enough details for us to trace the register entry.
Please be aware that there are some internet sites who offer to supply certificates. They will make an application on your behalf and charge a very high handling fee.
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East Riding of Yorkshire family history archive serviceat the Treasure House has a number of records from:
- parish and church records;
- census information;
- cemetery records;
- information on wills;
- some general register office (GRO) indexes;
- archive and local studies information.
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We can only provide copy certificates for events that took place in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
You can apply for a copy certificate online (opens in new window). Please provide the basic information of the name, approximate date and place where the event happened and any other information that may help us in our search. You can also apply in person at the main register office in Beverley.
For complex enquiries you can contact us on (01482) 393600.
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We aim to process applications within five working days. Our priority service can produce a certificate within two hours or less but there is an additional cost for this service. You can find out about this additional cost on the current certificates page.
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- Firstly, try to find out all the information you can from relatives, such as names, dates, address, occupations and religions. Try to find any relevant documentation such as wills, birth, marriage and death certificates. Obtain further information from various sources. There are many publications available, and also many internet sites to help
- Take notes, try to draw up a rough family tree, confirm the earliest event which you are certain of and apply for a birth certificate. This will give you further family information and dates
- There are also many local Family History Societies who will be willing to help.
Read our useful guide:
Family History leaflet (pdf 67kb opens new window)
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The general register office Index (sometimes called the St Catherine's Index) is an index since 1837 of all births, deaths and marriages listed alphabetically in date order. This index is available at most major libraries.
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