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Copy Certificates
How to order a copy certificate
If you would like to apply for a copy certificate for a birth, death or marriage that was registered in Trafford, you can either:
Apply online
Some of the Trafford indexes of records from 1837 to 2005 are now available to order online. To obtain a certificate by secure credit card transaction please select one of the date ranges below:
Apply by phone
If you wish to apply for copy certificate by telephone and would like to make a credit card or debit card payment please call 0161 912 3026.
Apply by post
If applying by post, please download and complete a the relevant form:
- Copy Birth Certificate Application Form
- Copy Marriage Certificate Application Form
- Copy Death Certificate Application Form
Once you have completed the relevant form, please enclose a cheque for £7 made payable to Trafford Council, and a stamped addressed envelope, and return to:
Register Office
Trafford Council
Sale Town Hall
Sale Waterside
SALE
M33 7ZF
Problems finding a certificate
If you can't find the record you are looking for it may be because it has not yet been added. If this is the case you may still apply by post or by telephoning us on 0161 912 3026.
Trafford Local Studies at Sale Waterside, Sale offer free access to family search engines, i.e. ancestry.co.uk; origins; National Probate Index 1853 to 1943 and the complete index of General Register Office births, deaths and marriages on fiche from 1837 to 2005. Their contact number is 0161 912 1085.
Searching for records outside of Trafford
If you wish to extend your search to other areas of Cheshire, Lancashire or further afield, please use one of the following links:
Who to contact
Register Office
Trafford Council
Sale Town Hall
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF
Email: registrars@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 3026
Fax: 0161 912 3031
Textphone: 0161 912 2102
(select option 6, enter extension 7771 when prompted)
This page was last reviewed on 24 September 2009
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