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Local Register Office
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Hayley | Report | 25 Oct 2008 15:33 |
Grrrr !!!!! |
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Irene | Report | 25 Oct 2008 15:39 |
Not sure if they let you view. I have written to register office and said I would like a certificate if the mother's maiden name is ?or her father is? and enclosed a stamped addressed envelope with my cheque for £7 and they have returned my cheque with a letter saying no her maiden name was not ? or father was not? so I have saved myself £7 by not getting a wrong certificate. If you do this through GRO they take some of the £7 off you. Irene |
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Hayley | Report | 25 Oct 2008 15:41 |
Thanks Irene I'll give that a try. I did ask the GRO to do the reference checking thinking it would save a few pounds if it was wrong cert but clearly they haven't bothered as both points I asked them to check are incorrect |
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Jayne | Report | 25 Oct 2008 15:41 |
Sadly, actual registration records (and therefore certificates) cannot be viewed prior to purchase. The GRO does charge £3 for a partial search but local register offices will "usually" check for a certificate IF you spell out what your possible discrepancies MAY be. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 25 Oct 2008 15:54 |
There is a registered one name study of the surname PARRY. |
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Hayley | Report | 25 Oct 2008 16:00 |
Thanks Gwyn, that sounds like a good option to me I'll give that a try |
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Brian(i) | Report | 25 Oct 2008 16:10 |
I have written to County Registrations with a the details of event and could they check if it is right one, I always include a sae. I always get a polite in return. |
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Hayley | Report | 25 Oct 2008 16:19 |
Thanks all, I think the local registry office is the way to go as I am a bit disappointed the GRO have not checked properly the ref I asked them to. |
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KeithInFujairah | Report | 25 Oct 2008 16:48 |
Hayley, this is going to sound daft, but did you actually click on the reference check link and then fill in the details, if not, they do not take any notice of additional details filled in on the order form. |
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Nickydownsouth | Report | 25 Oct 2008 18:23 |
Hayley.... I had exactly the same problem with the gro last week, had ordered online and clicked on the "reference checking " bit stating the grooms father must be John Furniss.....like you no email so thought I`d hit the jackpot.........but no, they sent the cert. the father was Nimrod furniss, have rung them and been told to send cert. back and they will refund £4.00........ would have been so much easier if only they had done the ref. check in the first place. |
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chrisa | Report | 25 Oct 2008 20:04 |
My local register office is really helpfull. |
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Derek | Report | 26 Oct 2008 00:17 |
Can i say that you should visit your County records office.rahter than register offices....I live in Nottingham, but my family origins are in Derbyshire.and i often go to Matlock Records office and they are extremely helpful........and you can view totally free of charge all the Parish records baptisms Weddings and burials anywhere in the County.......this is true of any County you want to research.... |
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Kate | Report | 26 Oct 2008 00:31 |
Good point, Derek - often a baby's date of birth (or in the case of two "married-in" relatives from Victorian times, an adult's as well if they converted to a new faith or just weren't baptised till they were older) is written down alongside the baptism record. |
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Mary | Report | 26 Oct 2008 08:39 |
Sounds wonderful and I would love to visit the Records Office. My problem is that I am on the South Coast and all my rellies are North East and Scotland so the cost of getting there and B&B would be too expensive. Our local Records Office is brilliant and can go back to the 14th century with masses of info including maps, but is useless to me. |
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Derek | Report | 26 Oct 2008 11:35 |
Mary..somebody on here is bound to have parish record transcriptions for your search area...or at least can point you in the right direction... |
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