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Caz

Caz Report 14 Jun 2007 17:54

Can anyone tell me how to order a cert from the gro when the name has been mistranscribed please? Should I give the name which should be on the cert or the name in the index? many thanks Caz

Gill

Gill Report 14 Jun 2007 18:06

Hi Caz I find the best thing to do is put the mis-transcribed name. If you put another name the GRO may assume it is the wrong certificate, not send you the certificate and return £3 or £4 for an abortive request. Gill

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 14 Jun 2007 18:09

I had this 2weeks ago ...it was a marriage cert. so I left the second name out ...I got it..

Caz

Caz Report 14 Jun 2007 18:16

Thanks everyone. Judith how strange, the name on the cert I want is Cole but the index says Cale. Caz

Judith

Judith Report 14 Jun 2007 18:18

I'm assuming you mean the name is mistranscribed on the image of the index page rather than on the Freebmd/Ancestry transcription. When I had a case like this I ordered using the name on the GRO index but added a note ie 'COLE Thomas (name may be Coe on certificate)' On this occasion I was right, when the original handwritten list of names had been retyped in the early 1900s all the Coes in that quarter had been listed as Cole