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cane

cane Report 1 Apr 2019 14:16

Please tell me this is not true...I have just read on the GRO sight that Certificates rare £11...
Nearly had a Bleeeping Heat attack.. :-( :-( :-( :-( :-0 :-0

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Apr 2019 14:25

yes it's true, they went up from £9.25. On the plus side you can purchase PDFs for births/deaths to certain dates I think those are still £6.

Researching:

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 1 Apr 2019 14:32

The PDFs went up at the same time. They are now £7

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 1 Apr 2019 14:34

Yes £11 but still worth it


PDF's are from 1837 to 1918 .

Ordered a cert yesterday.

cane

cane Report 1 Apr 2019 14:51


Bit too pricey but I am still willing to pay (Have no choice really).. :-(


Thankx Everyone :-) <3

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 1 Apr 2019 15:08

The certs from my local register office is around £12 + postage but have to ring them to order.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Apr 2019 18:04

The pdfs are fine for family research, just not for official purposes .......... and you usually get them faster than in the mail

I ordered my first certificates from the local Register Office, and have several times on here documented the difficulty doing that from over here, including the different envelope sizes and inability to buy English stamps.

I finally worked out that the total cost of a certificate from them came to twice as much as from GRO! Have used GRO ever since!!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 2 Apr 2019 22:30

Ah but what puts me off of using GRO for certs in the last 50 years,they want the bloody date for births.
And when you don't know the exact date it is off putting as the order won't go through,

It's annoying.

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 2 Apr 2019 22:30

Ah but what puts me off of using GRO for certs in the last 50 years,they want the bloody date for births.
And when you don't know the exact date it is off putting as the order won't go through,

It's annoying.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Apr 2019 00:04

Doesn't the "new" GRO Index help with that problem, Sue??

It gives the mmn (or no name) for birth registrations from July 1 187 to ca 1919.

It's certainly helped me.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 3 Apr 2019 00:15

Sylvia, it doesn’t help with births which occurred in the last 50 years. It’s to limit the risk of Tom Cobbly & All ordering a BC of a random living person. Identity fraud & all that.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Apr 2019 03:17

ah ...............

I don't order recent certificates, and I didn't take in that was what Sue was looking for!

mea culpa!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

cane

cane Report 26 Apr 2019 18:08

Has the price of certificates gone up again...Only I have just noticed a price of £14

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

Rambling

Rambling Report 26 Apr 2019 18:15

Where have you seen that ?

edit that might be the £11 for the cert and £3 search fee if needed?

Researching:

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 26 Apr 2019 18:16

The price of £14 is what you pay if you don't have the GRO index information. If you need them to sort out the index numbers it's the original £11 plus a £3 search fee.

cane

cane Report 27 Apr 2019 10:36

I opted for a PDF.

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 28 Apr 2019 12:25

Just sent for another 2 certs because I don't want photocopies of them

Von

Von Report 28 Apr 2019 13:23

Sorry Sue but they are photocopies.
It's how they send you a copy as you don't get the original. ;-)

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 28 Apr 2019 18:22

Sorry I should have said the PDF.'s