The Register Office holds registers for births, deaths and marriages in our area, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1837 to the present day.
Online Index Search
You can search our online indexes for a record by year, first name and last name. When you have the search result you are looking for, click on the link next to it to open the application form. The form contains the reference number you need. Please print the form and complete it. Click on one of the links below to search our indexes.
Some of our records have been put online with the assistance of the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society and volunteers around the world.
Staff Search
If you do not know an exact date and place of an event that took place in Newcastle upon Tyne, our staff can search a maximum of 5 years' records. Write to us at the Register Office, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8PS, stating:
you want us to search for.
A General Register Office (GRO) Index reference may help you to narrow down the period that you ask us to search for you, but the GRO Index reference does not help the Register Office in any other way.
General Register Office Indexes
City Library holds the General Register Office Indexes which are an essential tool for family history research. The indexes cover all civilly registered life events such as births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships. We also have the adoption index and overseas life events. The indexes are in fiche format and can be viewed on level 6 of City Library. Find out more about City Library's General Register Office Indexes here.
Page last updated: 30 January, 2012
