Genealogy Chat

I ordered 3 on line on the 13th April....1 came yesterday (10 days) no sign of the others.....but I'm thinking what a waste of envelopes and postage if they all come separately!!

Ordered a certificate last night & said it will be dispatched on 30th April. Hope they are right.
Hilary, who's very impatient. x

n

Ordered my cert on 14th by phone and it came yesterday, so 7 days not too bad considering that they said it would take 2 weeks.....perhaps they have caught up???

Dee

My two due for despatch on April 11th arrived this morning, so that's me up to date now.
Don't think I will order any more for a few days though.
Hope you all get yours soon.

Well mine were due for dispatch on the 11th and they still haven't arrived!
:-(

Pat

Ordered mine on the 8th April, told it would be dispatched on 14th April.....still waiting for it's arrival !.....

Ellen.

Well mine should have been here 16th and arnt here even in todays post so hope there not to late ,,,wanted them to crack on an all ;;;

Babs

I just can not believe the difference I have, all my family are english, so I need to send for cert's, I have to wait weeks and pay £7, my husband is Scottish, I can go to Glasgow Genealogy Centre, pay £14 for the day and look at a computer were all OPR, BMD and census are for the whole of Scotland, its the original documents you are looking at, you can get copies of any certs there and then for 50p, it says across the bottom this is not an offical copy, but who needs an offical cert when its for family history.

Regards
Sandra.

I ordered one yesterday and got a despatch day for the 22nd. Seems I have ordered when they are very busy.

Margaret

My one supposed to be despatched on 10th April arrived today, so fingers crossed that the two due for despatch on 11th will arrive tomorrow.

Mine were due for dispatch on the 11th, Hoping they might come tomorrow???

Pat

Ordered the 7th & still waiting

I ordered some on the 4th April, due for dispatch on the 10th, someone had scribbled that date out an put 11th. Some arrived today, nearly a week late, still waiting for the vital one. lol. Typical

Will scare the posty tomorrow, waiting behind the front door. lol

Tracie.

Chris thanks for the reply.
I had not heard about the problem they had hit with regard the legal aspect.

Thanks
William

William

I think that was the idea but they hit a problem as by law they have to be certified copies and ones printed off the internet wouldn't be.

This link explains what is happening and what they hope to achieve...

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/Digitisation_of_Vital_Events.asp#0

Chris

I ordered 4 on Mon 7th (p.m.)- got 1 on Weds 9th! (although typically it was the one I was sure of the info, not the one I needed for clues!). The next one came Mon 14th,(1 week as usual) then 1 today -16th.
On the "dispatch date" is typed "14th" but someone has scribbled it out and put 11th......?

Of course, the one I'm desperate for, for the most needed clues is the one still outstanding......

Petrina

I dont know if it was something I was reading in one of the ancestry magazines I buy.
But the idea was basically that the records were digitised so instead of sending off for a copy you could access the records and view/print off your own.

I hope they take on more staff for when the 1911 census comes out.....everyone will be ordering then!

Dee

There was a thread similar to this one last week.

I ordered by phone on 14th and was told 2 weeks.

Dee