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Births, deaths and marriages
- Registering births, deaths and marriages in Adur (including copy certificates)
- General Register Office (GRO)
- Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce
Registering births, deaths and marriages
This service is run by West Sussex County Council (WSCC), not Adur District
Council.
West Sussex is divided into five districts for the purposes of the registration of births, deaths and marriages. Each district has a Superintendent Registrar who can conduct marriage ceremonies. There are Registrars in each sub-district who are responsible for registering births and deaths and accept notices of marriages.
Adur falls within the Worthing Registration District.
For more information on this service, copies of certificates and further information please see :
- West Sussex County Council's website : Births, Deaths and Marriages section (http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=2250922}])
Contacting the Worthing Register Office
Up to date contact details are available from :
- West Sussex County Council's website : Worthing Registration District (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=3045102}])
Copy certificates
You can also find out about enquiring about and ordering copies of old certificates (useful for family history research) from West Sussex County Council's website :
- WSCC
Registration Service : Find out about copy certificates / Order a copy
marriage/birth/death certificate / Find out about historical searches on
marriages
(www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=2251026}]) - WSCC Registration Service : Pay for a search of the marriage register (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=2251028}])
- See also on our website : Family history research (genealogy)
General
Register Office (GRO) website - Births, Deaths and Marriages registration
The GRO website can give you information about how to register a birth or death in England and Wales, how to register a stillbirth, how to go about getting married, how to obtain a birth certificate, a marriage certificate or a death certificate, and how to use the services at the Family Records Centre.
- General Register Office (GRO) website (www.gro.gov.uk)
Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce
There is a lot of information and advice available on getting married, living together, civil partnerships (for same-sex couples) and getting divorced.
- For more details see the Directgov website : Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce (www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Yourrightsandresponsibilities/DG_10026937)
