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I want to get my cousins birth cert from the GRO
i filled in the form on line but when i press submit it keeps comming up ......
Date of birth must be a valid non future date in the format DD...MM...YYYY ....
the year that i want is 1966 which i have put down along with her birth date and month ..... but it wont accept it ...am i doing something wrong ..
thanks Hazelx

Are you putting zeros in where appropriate?

Definitely putting the day then the month?

Otherwise, it does seem a bit odd ...

Jill

Hi Jill
i am putting 4 10 1966
but it just wont let me go any further
i have tried leaving out the date month and year all together
because it asks further down for the qtr and i have already put in 1966 on the first page ...
ggggggggrrrrrrrrr
thanks Jill
Hazelx

Hazel - try putting in 04 for the day (they ask for DD)

i.e. 04 10 1966
DD MM YYYY

OH lor Birdsinanest ..
good job youv'e got a brain cos i haven't lolol
i just wasnt thinking of 04
thank you i will try that
Hazelx

Hi Birdinanest ,
no it wont take it ...
i think i'm going to have to leave it gggrrrr
but thank you and Jill for your help .
Hazelx

I'm wondering, as the birth was less than 50 years old, would more information be needed to order the certificate?

Do they want exact details of parents?

Birdi

GRO will not issue a certificate for anyone under 50 years. However some registry offices will if you apply directly to the one that the birth was registered

Yes - Birdsinanest / Turkeyinatin is right I think. You might need parents' names as well as dob.

Jill

Sorry everyone i have been on the phone talking
to another cousin lol
Birdi / Barbara / Jill yes i think you are right ,cousin has just said the same thing
but thank you all for trying to help .
Hazelx

I ordered a new birth cert for my son recently. He was born 1971. I had to give both parents names

Hi Quinsgran ,
yes i did that as well i put down fathers surname christian names
mothers maiden name and married name as well as her christian names
put in 04 10 1966 and it still wouldn't let me go any further ...
Hazelx

On the first page, when it says do you know the GRO reference, answer NO

Peter

I ordered new copies of birth certificates for my son and dil for a 'memory' book for their wedding two years ago.

I had to put parents' names.

Received both with no problem.

I only just remembered this!

Birdi

This might be a stupid answer but I remember when I first started I was unable to order a cert. The reason being I was trying to centre the details in the little box given. To centre you had to press space first then add the details.

By just putting the details in without doing this it accepted it.

Thank you Peter ... i will try that

Birdi and Quinsgran i will have another go later this afternoon
but i wont hold my breath lol
Hazelx
p.s. got to go, but will look in later on ..

Hi Everyone ,
well i tried again but still no go
so i tried another birth for my uncle 1914 and no problems
at all, so ordered another birth for my aunt and the marriage cert for my cousin .who was married in 1999.but it wont let me have her birth cert .
and Peter i tried what you said and still no go .. so will have to go without for now ...but thank you all for your help .
Hazelx

You could e-mail:

[email protected] and ask for assistance.

Oh thank you Pam ,
i didn't know that, i will try that
Hazelx