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Ordering certificates from GRO

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jenVG

jenVG Report 9 Dec 2019 18:48

I have not been researching for a while and now cannot find out to order a birth certificate for a family ancestor. It used to be easy and cost £9.25 I think. Has the system changed please.

Thanks for advice

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 9 Dec 2019 19:08

Presume you are going to the GRO site

www.gro.gov.uk

Certs have gone up and are now £11 for a paper copy of you can order a downloadable pdf one for £7

You can only get pdf ones for births and deaths. Not marriages

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

greyghost

greyghost Report 9 Dec 2019 19:12

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

Register with the GRO site and then follow the ordering service guide. As Shirley says you can get a cheaper pdf certificate which is fine for genealogy purposes (need a real one for legal use). It will be sent to your email addy and can then be downloaded,

jenVG

jenVG Report 9 Dec 2019 22:41

Thanks Shirley and greyhost. I'v followed your instructions and it worked fine. Easy when you know how and thanks for tip off re PDF

Merry Christmas
Jenny