Missing Document Service (Public Sector)

This service, and the documents required, are provided free of charge to our Public Sector clients.

Sometimes there are missing documents required to complete certain processes, such as proving kinship or family relationships. We can obtain English & Welsh documents as follows:

Certificates of Birth, Marriage, Death & Adoption
Copies of Wills, Grants of Probate or Grants of Letters of Administration
Other documents on request

Scottish, Irish and other Overseas documents can be obtained, but please contact us with details of your requirements.

Apply online for :
Certificate of Birth
Certificate of Death
Certificate of Marriage
Certificate of Adoption
Decree Absolute
Will or Grant

Our Certificate Services

Certificate of Birth
Certificate of Death
Certificate of Marriage
Certificate of Adoption
Decree Absolute
Will or Grant

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Surname:*

Forename(s):*

Date of Birth:

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Address at Birth, or area in which Birth occured:

Mother's Maiden Surname:

Father's full name:

Mother's full name:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Would you like the regular service (5 working days from application @£12.50 each), or the Priority Service (2 working days from application @£38.50 each)?*

Regular

Priority

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Finders will order your Missing Document(s) as soon as possible. In the normal course of events please allow 5 working days for delivery (Regular service) or 48 hours for delivery (Priority service). If you have any queries, please contact us. We will use your firm name and the certificate surname as our database reference.

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Finders will order your Missing Document(s) as soon as possible. In the normal course of events please allow 5 -10 working days for delivery (Regular service). If you have any queries, or require documents more urgently, please contact us. We will use your organisation/firm name and the certificate surname as our database reference.

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

How did you hear about us?*

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions above?*

Yes

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes

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Surname:*

Forename(s):*

Maiden Surname:

(If applicable)

Date of Death:*

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Marital Status:*

Address at Death, or area in which Death occured:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct Death certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Would you like the regular service (5 working days from application @£12.50 each), or the Priority Service (2 working days from application @£38.50 each)?*

Regular

Priority

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions above?*

Yes

How did you hear about us?*

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes

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"*" indicates required fields

Short of time? Need to complete this form later?

Click ‘Save & Continue Later’

Date of Marriage:

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Marriage status:*

Groom

Bride

Surname at marriage:*

Forename:*

Marital Status:

Date of Birth or age at Marriage:

Father’s name:

(if known)

Surname at marriage:*

Forename:*

Marital Status:

Date of Birth or age at Marriage:

Father’s name:

(if known)

Address(es) at Marriage, or area in which Marriage occured:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Would you like the regular service (4 working days from application @ £12.50 each), or the Priority Service (24 hours from application @£38.50 each)?*

Regular

Priority

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions above?*

Yes

How did you hear about us?*

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes

"*" indicates required fields

Short of time? Need to complete this form later?

Click ‘Save & Continue Later’

Adoptive Surname (not Birth Surname):*

Please note, adoption records are recorded under the surname of the adopting parents, not the birth parents. It is not possible to find out who adopted a child through public records if you only know the name at birth.

Forename(s):*

Date of Adoption (not Date of Birth):

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Address at Adoption, or area in which Adoption occurred:

Both Adopting parents full names (if known):

Father:

Mother:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Would you like the regular service (5 working days from application @£12.50 each), or the Priority Service (2 working days from application @£38.50 each)?*

Regular

Priority

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions?*

Terms and Conditions

Yes

How did you hear about us?*

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes

"*" indicates required fields

Short of time? Need to complete this form later?

Click ‘Save & Continue Later’

Date of Marriage:

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Date of Divorce or Date Decree granted, or period needing to be searched:*

(ten year periods only please, i.e. from 1990 to 1999)

Divorce Case number, if known (see Terms & Conditions below):

Petitioner and Respondent Names:*

Petitioner

Respondent

Surname at marriage:

Forename:

Surname at marriage:

Forename:

Address(es) at Marriage, or area in which Marriage occured:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Cost and Delivery*

£15: when court, case number and date of divorce are known

£45: when court is known but not case number or date of divorce. They will search a requested ten year period

£65: when court, date and case number is unknown. The Central Family Court will search all Courts in England and Wales over a requested ten year period.

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions above?*

Yes

How did you hear about us?*

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes

Captcha

"*" indicates required fields

Short of time? Need to complete this form later?

Click ‘Save & Continue Later’

Please indicate which copy(s) you require:*

Will

Grant of Probate

Grant of Letters of Administration

Confirmation (Scotland)

Surname:*

Maiden Surname:

(If applicable)

Forename(s):*

Date of Death:*

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Date of Birth or age at Death:

Date of Grant/Date proven:*

(if known)

Marital Status:*

Address at Death, or area in which Death occured:

Any other information which may assist in identifying the correct certificate:

Are you ordering on behalf of a Public Sector Organisation or a Coroner?

Yes

How many copies of this certificate do you require?

How would you like your certificate(s) delivered? *

Fax

Post

Cost*

£1.50

Please provide your full Contact Details:

Your Name:*

Your reference number/ Case name

Email:*

Company Name:*

Address*

Country*

Telephone:*

Fax:

DX Number and Exchange:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – These are re-charged at cost with no mark-up. Prices are set by the government department responsible and are subject to change without notice.
Payment – in full in advance. If this is not possible for any reason, please contact us to agree payment terms before placing your order.
Overdue Invoices – We reserve the right to charge interest on overdue invoices at 4% over the Bank of England Base Rate. Unexplained debts of 90 days or more overdue may be referred to a third party for recovery and their charges added to our invoiced amount, plus overdue interest. If you believe there will be any difficulty in paying our fees on time, we encourage you to contact us at the earliest opportunity in order to agree a revised payment schedule or other solution.
Date Variation – We may rely on the dates you supply to us in order to identify the document you require. If we cannot identify the document we will search relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Service Charge– please click here: missing document costs delivery / to see current charges. Documents are recharged at cost. For 10+ documents, please contact us. If any company or individual orders in excess of 10 documents at anytime, Finders reserve the right to apply a Service Charge at a rate of £40 + VAT per document ordered (+ fee for the document re-charged at cost).
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER

Terms & Conditions:

Certificates – We only obtain certified copies of full certificates (no abbreviated or short form certificates) from official government sources.
Time – These are government office target times and in the majority of cases are reliable. However, we cannot take responsibility for late delivery.
Document charges – We provide documents at no charge to you. If ordering more than 3 documents we may contact you.
Payment – This service and the documents ordered are provided at no charge to Public Sector offices and Coroners.
Date Variation – We may rely on the names/dates you supply to us in order to identify the document(s) you require. If we cannot identify the document(s) we will make reasonable searches of relevant indexes. If we still cannot identify with certainty the document(s) you are seeking we will revert to you for further instructions.
Please include the name of your Deceased’s Estate and any reference numbers that you have in your enquiry so that our documents are always safely delivered to the correct individual
Please note we cannot take responsibility for documents that are lost in the post and in the event that this happens, we would need to charge for any new documents

Do you accept the Terms and Conditions above?*

Yes

How did you hear about us?

Previous client

Direct mailing

Marketing email

Search engine

Finders event

Sponsored event

Other

Please tick this box to have a copy of the information you have provided sent to your email address

Yes