St.Catherines House

St Catherines House.
We provide UK long certificate copies of Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marriage Certificates. All issued by the Register office
Also all the documents listed below.
We also carry out Family History Research.

All prices include a ten year search of the records and are checked to ensure you get the correct document.

Cost also includes postage world wide.

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Please use these Questions & Answers to assist you in your use of the web site. Before contacting us with a query the answer may be here. The question and answers below are connected with general questions. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting us.

Q. Do you have all the available birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate records for England & Wales from 1837 to 2006?.
A. Yes we do, we have a full archive, our experience has shown us that though certain web sites have scanned the data their records in many cases are incomplete. A lot of pages are missing and a lot of data is unreadable that is why we search for you, to ensure you get the correct references. We carry all the records.

Q. What is the St Catherine's House Index/GRO Index and how do I search it?
A. The St Catherine's House Index or General Register Office Index is the index to 98% of births, marriages, and deaths in England & Wales since July 1837 until 2009. The Index contains references which you must use to acquire a birth certificate, marriage certificate, or death certificate. It does not contain exact dates, only a reference to the quarter in which the birth, marriage, or death took place. You must have this reference in order to acquire a certificate, there is no other way unless of course you know the date yourself.

Q. How do I obtain my St Catherine's House Index/GRO Index search results?
A. Details of your search results are sent out by email to the email address you provided when you requested a search.

Q. Can I view the contents of a birth certificate marriage certificate or death certificate with out purchasing same?
A. You must first obtain a GRO Index reference for the person concerned then you will be able to order a certificate. Please note the GRO Index reference does not contain dates of event only the year and quarter in which the event took place. The register office states that you must purchase a certificate in order to view this data. We do not make these rule

Q. Do you charge to search the St Catherine's House/GRO Index or other data?
A.Yes we do, a charge of £7.70 GBP is charged for each search we conduct, which spans five years. We give a personal service, where we search all our records for you. Where necessary we also cross reference the results to ensure accuracy.

Q. Can I visit St Catherine's House and search the records myself?
A. We are a private data archive not open to the public. You can however request us to search the data we hold.

Q. Is the St Catherine's House/GRO Index the same as the Parish Records?
A. The Parish Records are between 1530 and July 1837, are a very useful record, however they are not of help when trying to acquire a birth, death or marriage certificate, as they were compiled before civil registration became compulsory in July 1837.
Where they are not all the available records from the time period they can assist you in acquiring birth and marriage information prior to the start of civil registration in 1837.

Q. How long does it take to recover my data for me?
A. From January 2020 your GRO Index, Census & Vital Records searches should be recovered within 24 hours after the day on which they are received. Extensive searches can take up to 48 hours Certificate requests can take up to 28 working days to process