Terms of use

Website operator

Operator: Ancestry Holdings Ltd, trading as Ancestry Register, company number 17394154, registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. Using the site means you accept these terms.

We may update these terms from time to time. The version published here is the one that applies.

Information on this site

These pages describe how the Register works and explain terms used in estate correspondence. They are general and cannot account for the facts of an individual estate.

The contact form sends your enquiry to our team. Our privacy policy explains how the information you provide is handled.

General guidance

No page on this site is legal, tax or financial advice. Reading it does not create a professional relationship between us. Where your position depends on the law, take independent advice from a solicitor or other qualified adviser.

Using the site

• Do not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site or its systems
• Do not use the site to send unlawful, misleading or abusive material
• Do not collect information from the site by automated means without our written permission

Website content

The text, design, marks and images on this site belong to us or are used with permission. You may read, print and share pages for your own use, or for an enquiry with us. Any other reuse requires our written permission.

Limits of responsibility

We take care over the information published here, but do not warrant that it is complete, error free, or always available. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss from reliance on general information on this site. Nothing here limits liability for death or personal injury from negligence, fraud, or anything that cannot lawfully be limited.

England and Wales

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Its courts have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.