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Teresa

Teresa Report 11 Sep 2003 10:26

can any one tell me how i get cheaper certifates sent to me as i was told to send for them at south port and it costs 11.50 a time, ive noticed a lot of messages saying about certificates costing 6 or 7 pounds.as ive not been doing this long it may start getting a bit cheaper for me. many thanks teresa

Anna

Anna Report 11 Sep 2003 10:31

THey cost £7 when you order them online and £8.50 if you order them over the fone or by post if you supply them with the GRO index and £11.50 if you dont. I dont know why this is though. U can get the GRO index from the 1837online site or free BMD(i think they are on the links page on here)

Margaret

Margaret Report 11 Sep 2003 10:37

Teresa You can also get the GRO ref at libraries and county record offices where that have the GRO indexes on microfiche. Cert's £7 at local register offices (the one local to the event) and also online at the GRO statistics site. You don't need the GRO ref at a local register office as theie indexes are not the same as the GRO ones. Our local office (Burton on Trent) also does a five year search at no extra cost. I don't know how many more do this but as long as you a vague idea they usually help. I prefer to use the local Reg office Margaret

Teresa

Teresa Report 11 Sep 2003 10:44

thankyou for that info, ill be using the local register offices from now.thnks again

Margaret

Margaret Report 11 Sep 2003 10:51

Teresa I forgot to say, you can get all of the addresses for the local reg from www(.)genuki(.)co(.)uk remove brackets Margaret

Lynda ~

Lynda ~ Report 11 Sep 2003 11:17

Thersa, Just a thought. If you have relatives or friends in the U.K. couldn't you get them to order and them send to you? If you are ordering 5 a month it would be quite a saving. Lynda

Lynne

Lynne Report 11 Sep 2003 17:56

Theresa Even if you don't have relatives in England you could give someone here the details and get them to post them on. I would be willing to do that for you if you wish. Lynne Sale CHS