Births, Death, Marriages & Military Records
Wedding Certificates can be collected at the Civil Status Office, Secretarys Lane.
Costs £7.00 and takes 3 days for collection.
Birth certificates can also be collected at the Civil Status Office, Secretarys Lane.
Divorce certificates need to be collected from the Supreme Court. At least three days notice is needed and the cost is £7.00.
CIVIL STATUS AND REGISTRATION OFFICE
REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
JOSHUA HASSAN HOUSE
3 SECRETARY’S LANE
GIBRALTAR
Telephone: (+350)20078303, Fax: (+350)200 42706
Email:
The records for births, deaths and marriages held in the registry office only date back as far as the dates listed below.
BIRTHS 3rd October 1848 20th January 1887
DEATHS 1st January 1869 25th December 1912
MARRIAGES 10th April 1862 17th July 1902
For records dating back further than the dates listed you will need to contact the relevant church or researcher as they may be in a better position to provide you with assistance. In some cases their records date back as far as 1704.
OTHER SOURCES OF RECORDS:
If you could enclose an International Reply Coupon when contacting any of the churches it would be greatly appreciated and will enable a faster reply.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS
Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned
The Vestry
215 Main Street
Gibraltar
Tel: +350 20076688 Fax: +350 20043112
CHURCH OF ENGLAND RECORDS
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
The Vestry
Cathedral Square
Gibraltar
Tel: +350 20075745 Fax: +350 20078463
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND RECORDS
St Andrew’s Church
Governor’s Parade
Gibraltar
Tel: +350 20077040
METHODIST CHURCH RECORDS
Methodist Church Office
297/299 Main Street
Gibraltar
Tel: +350 20077941
JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS
M E Belilo
2/1 Engineer Lane
P O Box 548
Gibraltar
Tel: +350 20079548
BETHEL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Bethel Christian Fellowship
P O Box 568
Wellington Front
Gibraltar
Tel/Fax : +350 20052002
Searches can be conducted at the registry between 2.25pm – 5.00pm (Monday to Friday) between mid September and mid June. During the summer months searches can only be held between 1.15pm – 2.15pm.
There is a fee of £18.00 for this service and searches need to be conducted by the individual(s) concerned.
This fee covers two to three consecutive afternoon sessions on the search in question. This service would entitle you to look up our records in index card form and if necessary to look up entries in the relevant registers. Please give prior warning on intention to conduct search as we are only able to allow one at a time.
Please call on telephone number +350 20078303 on the date in question to make arrangements.
MILITARY RECORDS:
Military records are not kept in Gibraltar, they are transferred to UK.
You can search for records at the following 2 addresses;
Historical Disclosures
Army Personnel Centre
MP 400
65 Brown Street
Glasgow G2 8EX
SERVICEPALS TRACELINE
Po Box 106
SOUTHPORT PR8 – 2WA
Tel: 0151 471 4811
ARMY SEARCHLINE
Ordnance Road
Parsons House
Aldershot
Hants GU 11 2DU
Tel: 01252 347 353