UK Public Records Resources

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Are you looking for UK Court Records?

Search and discover active and historical court cases throughout the United Kingdom.

Are you looking for UK Birth Records?

Here are the best resources for discovering birth records and ordering birth certificates for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Are you looking for UK Person Search?

Discover platforms that hold historical records of people, ancestory archives, contact details and how to use social media platforms to find old friends.

Other UK Public Records

We also have information on other types of British public records. See if you can find what you need from the pages below:

Criminal Records

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Civil Service Records

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Cemetery Records

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Death Records

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Divorce Records

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Immigration Records

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Marriage Records

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Parish Records

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Vehicle Records

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When searching for public records, people are looking for many things including information about their lost family, relatives, ancestors or family lineage.

In the United Kingdom, the government archives keep all sorts of information about the country and her people’s history. This includes family trees, marriage documents, adoption documents, criminal and civil records, immigration and travel records, parish records, military service records and other public documents that can help a person to get information about his/her past easily.

Are you adopted? Are you searching for the truth about your family lineage? If you are, the government archives website can be a great help to you. You can open this site from any search engine. Also there are many non-government website that can be very useful. All you have to do is just go to these websites and type your name, surname, mother’s maiden name, birth date and year.

If you are looking for another person then just fill out their boxes with as much information you have. Such as name, surname etc. you can find all sorts of information about these people. You can know if they were married, if they were with whom, how many kids they have, where are those kids, if they are dead or alive, if dead then where are they buried etc. these is the easiest way to find out about your family ancestors and their history.

Official UK Government Site for Marriage and Death Records:

UK National Archives Website

If you are looking for someone’s criminal records there are different sites. You can search the specific person’s criminal history just by typing their full name. The sites are categorized by specific crimes such as, alcohol and drugs, accident and reckless driving and so on.

Official UK Government Site for Criminal Records:

UK Home Office Government Website

Are you an employer from Scotland? Are you nervous about employing the wrong person to do your job? Then your best solution is in the Internet. There are some very useful sites where you can search about specific applicants criminal records. Just type their name and get the full history and learn what they are hiding from you.

Official Scotland Website for Public Records:

Disclosure Scotland Government Website

Official North Ireland Website for Public Records:

Northern Ireland Executive Government Website

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