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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Nov 2020 22:39

Thanks everyone - glad I'm not the only one!

Good idea Joy, but I think I will keep it and give it to my nephew who is a bit interested in family history (but only when it suits him). This certificate is the marriage of my grandmother's half sister, so not a near relative.

Kath. x

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 4 Nov 2020 19:08

Kath,

If you don't want it try contacting the NE Family History Society - based in Newcastle and the last time I was there (more than two years ago) it was above one of the Barclays Bank branches not far from the Eldon Square bus station.

They are given B M and D certificates - mostly from people who have bought the wrong one - and they have a list of what they hold. I believe they sell the unwanted or surplus certificates

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Barry_

Barry_ Report 4 Nov 2020 18:29

I have also ordered the same certificate twice, Kathleen.
First time I had flagged a death certificate but I forgot and ordered it many years later. Doh!
The second death certificate - of my Grandfather - I ordered from Uxbridge.
Three weeks passed ... no certificate!
I bit the bullet and ordered it again and got it within a week or so.
Some time afterward the original certificate arrived!
The bounders sent it sea mail ... never having put the blue air-mail sticker on the envelope!
I always make sure to ask for the blue sticker to be affixed when I order ... be it either verbally or in writing.
Hiccups happen ... and it's SO very annoying ... not to mention a few pounds down the drain, too!

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 4 Nov 2020 16:37

Have done that too

One time it was another copy of one that was wrong anyway

This was before the gro was adding mmn on pre 1911 bmds

Was a double waste of money

:-(

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 4 Nov 2020 15:46

Ooops, :-S :-S :-S :-S

Sharron

Sharron Report 4 Nov 2020 15:18

You got two now then!

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Nov 2020 15:00

I had a memory. Just received a marriage certificate that I ordered about three weeks ago. The first one I've ordered in years and was really looking forward to receiving..........only to find I have already got this. I bought it 15 years ago :-S :-S

Kath. x