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Caerphilly Registration Service - Family support services

Last updated: 16/07/2024
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What we do

The Registration Service is responsible for the registration of births, deaths and still-births, for taking legal notices of marriages and civil partnerships and for conducting ceremonies, including marriage, civil partnership, naming, re-affirmation of vows and citizenship ceremonies.

This page is designed to give you all the information you need to register a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership, book a ceremony or obtain a copy of a certificate.

The Register Office holds almost all the registers for all birth, death and marriage that have taken place in the county borough dating from 1837 to the present day. In addition all Caerphilly registration district civil partnership records from 2005 onwards are held. It is possible to request a copy certificate from any archived register.

Who do we support

All residents of Caerphilly and anyone wishing to marry within an approved venue in the Caerphilly Borough.

All members of the public to ensure their statutory duty to register events is facilitated and that they are able to arrange their marriages and civil partnerships in a timely manner. We provide assistance and advice to customers on all aspects of registration, citizenship and nationality

Other stakeholders by providing data for vital work on population statistics and medical research, ensuring the coroner is notified so that deaths can be investigated according to protocols and regulations, working with the Home Office to deliver its Public Protection and Counter Fraud agenda, supporting the clergy and authorised persons in their marriage services and delivering the Tell Us Once programme in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions.

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - The registration of births, deaths and stillbirths and the Tell Us Once service are free of charge. However, there are fees payable for certificates, giving legal notice, ceremonies and some corrections or updates to the legal records

Can anyone use this service?

No referral needed. Appointments must be booked in advance

Service details for this family support services

Language: English and Welsh medium

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs No
     
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Address

 You can visit us here:

Caerphilly County Borough Council
Penallta House
Tredomen Park
Ystrad Mynach
Hengoed
CF82 7PG

 Opening times

To register a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership you will need to make an appointment.

Monday, 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday, 9am to 4.30pm
Wednesday, 9am to 4.30pm
Thursday, 9am to 4.30pm
Friday, 9am to 4pm
Saturday, strictly by appointment only
Sunday, strictly by appointment only

There is no registrar available Monday to Friday between 12.30pm and 1.30pm to register births and deaths.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.