General information about Death Certificates
Standard Certificates
This is a full copy of the death entry.
Certificates for Specific Purposes
Certificates for specific statutory purposes (eg Social Security) are also available. If you have been asked to obtain such a certificate please place a tick in the appropriate box.
Postal Applications
If you apply by post please complete this form and enclose a stamped addressed envelope and the appropriate fee in sterling. Information about the cost of certificates may be obtained from any register office. All remittances for deaths in this district should be made payable to Bracknell Forest Borough Council and crossed "/& Co/" Do not send cash.
This application form should be sent to the Superintendent Registrar of the distrcit where the death occurred.
Do not use this form for making applications to the Registrar General.
Searches of Death Indexes
Superintendent Registrars do not have the staff to undertake searches of an indefinite or protracted nature. Usually a search in the death index, covering a period not exceeding 5 years, will be made but only where accurate details have been given of the death. If a wider search is required it is necessary for the applicant or someone on his/her behalf to make a General Search in the indexes. For further information see below and then make enquiries of the Superintendent Registrar.
General Searches at a Superintendent Registrar's Office
The indexes in a Superintendent Registrar's office relate only to births, marriages and deaths which occurred within the Superintendent Registrar's district.
A General Search is a search in the indexes conducted in person by the applicant or someone on his/her behalf during any number of successive hours not exceeding six. By arrangements with the Superintendent Registrar, a person making a General Search may have access to the indexes to the registers of births, marriages and deaths but not to the registers themselves. A certificate of any entry identified may be obtained on completion of an application form and on payment of the appropriate fee.
If a person making a General Search is uncertain whether a reference found in the indexes relates to the entry for which he/she is searching the Superintendent Registrar, on being given definite details by which the entry may be identified, will verify those particulars by reference to the register. Any additional information from the entry can only be made available in the form of a certificate.
If you are interested in applying for a general search you can complete an online application form to specify your requirements.
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