Family History and Genealogy

Newham Register Office holds all the registers for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships from 1837 to the present for all events within the present Borough of Newham.

We have all the records for the Newham district. We also have all of the records of the old East Ham Registration District, and part of the old West Ham District.

Births and deaths

We have births and deaths for West Ham for Plaistow, Stratford, Forest Gate, Canning Town and Silvertown - but we don't have records for the parts of West Ham that are now in Waltham Forest or Redbridge.

Marriage records

We have marriage records for all Churches and other religious buildings within the current Newham boundaries, and the marriages attended by the registrars for the old West Ham and East Ham Districts.

West Ham

If you find a GRO/ National Index reference that refers to West Ham - we may not hold the records.

Issuing certificates

We can only issue certificates - you cannot search the registers yourself.

We do not have the staff to undertake protracted searches. Searches in the birth or death index covering a period not exceeding five years will be made only where accurate registration details have been given, and we are unlikely to be prepared to search for periods between 1891 and 1965.

Marriage searches are typically more complicated as separate registers are held for individual churches, of which there are many in Newham.

We will need to be provided with both the date and place of the marriage in order to do a search. Identifying the district will not be sufficient.

General search

Although you can request to do a general search of the indexes (for which a fee is charged) yourself - we are not always able to allow this - because it requires a member of staff to assist you through the complexities of the indexes.

More help

For further information please contact us on 020 8430 3617.