Can you tell me how to get a wedding certificate? (historic)
You can obtain a certificate from the Register Office of the District in which the wedding occurred, usually by personal application or by post.
If a wedding occurred in the Dudley Borough they usually would only be able to get a certificate from Dudley District Register Office, Priory Hall, Priory Park, Dudley DY1 4EU tel. 01384 815373 Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.45 am and 4 pm. (Office is open until 4.30 pm but 4 pm is cut off point for issue of certificates, applications after this would be prepared for next day).
Registers from 1837 to 1939 are now available at Dudley District Register Office, from 1940 to current are available from Stourbridge Branch Office. Registers don't always finish at a year end, so please check which office telephone: 01384 815385.
Some offices do not issue 'over the counter' so is best to check with the relevant Register Office.
All Register Offices can give the public the address and telephone number of the Register Office they need to apply to if they are born out of Dudley Borough.
One month, or so, after a Registrar completes a Birth, Death or Marriage register, it is handed into the custody of the Superintendent Registrar, whose responsibility it then becomes. 'Historic' records may therefore only be a few weeks old!
