Family history
If you are researching your family tree Hartlepool Borough Council has several services to help
Registration Service
Hartlepool's birth, death and marriage indexes are not available online at present. You can request an index check by contacting our office by phone or email, providing as much information as you can.
Phone - 01429 523337
Email - registrar@hartlepool.gov.uk
Information on ordering certificates:
During the below years some areas of Hartlepool were covered by the Billingham registrar; the records for this time are held at Stockton on Tees Register Office.
| Years affected | Record types |
| 1837 - 1859 | All Register Office and non Church of England church marriages |
| 1938 - 1967 | Some birth, death and marriage records |
Stockton-on-Tees Register Office
Phone - 01642 527720
Email - registrar@stockton.gov.uk
Other records
Hartlepool family and local history library have a large local history collection including Hartlepool and West Hartlepool parish births, marriage and death registers dating back to the 1500s. They also offer access to online services and drop in groups.
Hartlepool Local and Family History Centre is located in Sir William Gray House, Clarence Road and is open Monday to Thursday between 10am and 3pm, no appointment is necessary. For further information call (01429) 523422 or email infodesk@hartlepool.gov.uk
The Hartlepool History Then and Now website is an online archive of everyday life in Hartlepool containing photographs, stories, images and documents.
Hartlepool History Then and Now
Hartlepool Cemeteries and Crematorium Services offer a grave search and record service for Hartlepool cemeteries. Further information can be found on their webpage
The burial records for Hartlepool Jewish Cemetery, Old Cemetery Road can be searched online
Jewish Communities and Records
Records from the West Hartlepool Synagogue, Whitby Street are held at the University of Southampton. Further information can be found on their website
