Active and Creative Kids vouchers
Freedom to play
The NSW Government is helping with the cost of sport, recreation, creative and cultural activities with $50 Active and Creative Kids vouchers.
Voucher 1 2026 is now available. If you have not used voucher 2 2025, you can use this together with the new voucher before 14 July 2026 for a combined total of $100.
Family and relationships information
Marriages
Apply for a marriage certificate or plan your wedding ceremony at one of our welcoming venues.
Births
Register your baby within 60 days of the birth. It's free and the hospital doesn’t do it for you. After you register your baby, you can apply for a birth certificate.
Deaths
When someone dies, you will need to provide information to your funeral director so they can register the death.
Latest family and relationships updates
Ministerial media release
In honour of Audrey Griffin the Minns Labor Government is delivering a $2 million Legacy Grant for Central Coast Council to improve night-time safety in the Gosford area.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government’s reforms strengthening protections for LGBTQIA+ people have passed NSW Parliament, despite multiple attempts by the Opposition and Greens to delay the laws.
News
Newpin's Payment-by-Results contract extended until September 2030.
Ministerial media release
Today is National Sorry Day, a time when we acknowledge the lasting impacts caused by the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
Ministerial media release
Faith communities across NSW are set to benefit from a $5 million investment to strengthen safety in places of worship, with 127 organisations sharing in the latest round of the Safe Places for Faith Communities Grants.
Grant applications closing soon
Recent family and relationships publications
Form
Use this family history certificate application form only when requesting the Registry conduct a paid search on your behalf.
Policy and guidance
Find out if you can apply to access information held by the Registry relating to births, deaths, marriages, changes of name, changes of sex, registered relationships, adoptions, and surrogacy arrangements in NSW.
Policy
Understand the circumstances when the Registry may issue a replacement certificate for birth, death or marriage registrations.
Policy
Find out how you can lodge a complaint or provide feedback to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages and how the Registry manages that feedback.
Research
The 2022 Young People in Custody Health Survey (YPICHS) Report provides an up-to-date physical and mental health profile of the youth custodial population in NSW, with data gathered through face-to-face interviews, mental health, and cognitive and language assessments.