Public Records
Somerset House no longer holds public records such as wills and birth certificates.
If you are searching for such records, please find contact details below which we hope will be of use:
Births, Marriages & Death Certificates
General Register Office (GRO)
PO Box 2
Southport, Merseyside
PR8 2JD
https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office
Tel: 0300 123 1837
Wills (pre-1858), & Government & Military Records (pre-1971)
The National Archives
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Tel: +44 (0)20 8876 3444
Wills (after 1858)
The Probate Department of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
First Avenue House
42-49 High Holborn, London
WC1V 6NP
gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/searching-for-probate-records
Divorce & Adoption
Family Proceedings Department
Registry of the Family Division
First Avenue House
42-49 High Holborn, London
WC1V 6NP
gov.uk/copy-decree-absolute-final-order
Tel: +44 (0)20 7947 6000
Name Tracing
Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings
London
EC1M 7BA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 8799