Guernsey Civil Registration
HM Greffier,
The Royal Court House,
St Peter Port,
GY1 2PB,
Guernsey,
Channel Islands.
Office Hours 9a.m.- 5p.m.
They charge £5 for a full certificate or £3 for a short certificate and there is an additional search fee of £5.
If you are in Guernsey, this charge can be alleviated as there is public access to the Strong Room between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for a nominal £1 charge and details can be copied from their records.
The indexes and certificates are available on microfilm through the Family History Library for the following time periods:
| Event |
Indexes |
Certificates |
| Birth |
1840-1966 |
1840-1907 Mas to Mh are missing from index |
| Marriage |
1840-1966 |
1840-1901 |
| Death |
1840-1963 |
1840-1907 |
The Priaulx Library also have the indexes on microfilm.
Note: Guernsey Marriages were not subject to Civil Registration until 1919 - so the coverage is incomplete prior to that date. Use the Parish Registers (Gap 1875-1907) instead.
Gibson, Jeremy and Elizabeth Hampson. Marriage and Census Indexes for Family History Historians. Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2001 WorldCat 46853206 FHL 942 D27gjh contains entries of where to find marriage registers in the Channel Islands.
Alderney[edit | edit source]
For Births, Deaths from 1850, Marriages from 1886 contact:
The Greffier,
Registry for Births, Deaths, Companies, Land and Marriages
St Anne,
Alderney,
GY9 3AA,
Channel Islands.
For Births from 1850 - (missing May 1871 - Dec 1874): There is a hand-ruled book of declarations, from August 1850 to December 1874, that can be used to fill this gap.
For Deaths from August 1850-1855 and 1907 onwards: Hand-ruled book of declarations from October 1855 to December 1874. (Gap 1875-1907).
For Marriages from 1886 (from St Anne's Church) and 1891 onwards from elsewhere on the Island.
In Guernsey: Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1925 to date only.
The Priaulx Library in Guernsey has incomplete microfilmed sets of Civil Registration records.
Alderney Greffe Records: Consists of Births July 1850 - July 1857, July 1857 - July 1860, July 1860 - August 1885; Deaths 1850-1866, 1907-1925.
Sark[edit | edit source]
Birth, Death and Marriages records from 1925 can be found at:
The Greffe,
Las Chasse Marette,
Sark
GY9 0SF,
Guernsey,
Channel Islands.
The Greffe's office hours are 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
and at:
H.M. Greffier,
The Royal Court House,
St Peter Port,
GY1 2PB
Guernsey,
Channel Islands
Office Hours 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.