Genealogy Chat

Whats the price of a certificate these days? The last time I ordered one I didn't send enough money! Is it cheaper online, and is it easy to do online? Thanks Lisa

£7.00 for standard service - easy online .. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

If you order it online through the GRO it costs £7

Standard Service Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption £11.50 Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption (with GRO reference supplied) by post, phone or fax £8.50 Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption (with GRO reference supplied) ordered online via the internet £7.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth £11.50 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth (with GRO reference supplied) £8.50 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption £10.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption (with GRO reference supplied) £7.00 Extra copies of the same certificate can be issued at the same time for a fee of: Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption £7.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth £7.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption £5.50 Priority Service (Certificates will be despatched the next working day following your application provided the order has been taken before 4pm) Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption £27.50 Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption (with GRO index supplied) - Online £23.00 Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption (with GRO index supplied) - by post, phone or fax £24.50 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth £27.50 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth (with GRO index supplied) £24.50 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption £26.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption (with GRO reference supplied) £23.00 Fees at the Family Records Centre (FRC) (applications in person only) for events in England and Wales Standard Service Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption £7.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth £7.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption £5.50 Priority service (24 hour service excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) Full certificate of birth, marriage, death or adoption £23.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of birth £23.00 Short (abbreviated) certificate of adoption £21.50 Please note that for applications made at the FRC an administrative charge of £3.00 (£19.00 if priority service selected) will be retained if: the GRO index reference quoted is incorrect the details and checking points quoted do not correspond to the entry In both these cases, a certificate will not be produced. The administrative charge relating to all certificates remains unchanged. (copied from the GRO site) but as those above me have already said cheaper to order online with a GRO ref that is :) Amanda

If you order by post (gro southport), which i tried to do when my computer was down. My was returned was told the cost is £11.50 which is crazy as ive ordered direct from Salford & Liverpool by post the cost £7.50. Julie

Lisa, before I joined GR, I went to my local office and ordered two birth certificates from 1910. I took the all the information I had, which was the same information required on the web site to order and they cost me £15 each. I now only use the GRO web site. Very easy and only £7 if you have the district, volume and page number the entry is listed on. There are several sites you can get this information from. JO

For those looking for certs from N.I. Full certified copy of an entry of birth £ 10.00 Where two or more full certified copies of the same entry are applied for at the same time, the first copy will be charged at £ 10.00 and any additional copies at £ 5.00 each. However we cannot accept these applications online. They can only be applied for in person or by post. Where an applicant can supply full particulars including the register entry number and date of registration the fee will be £ 5.00. We regret this facility is not available online. Short birth certificate £ 10.00 A short certificate shows only the surname, name, sex, date of birth and (in most cases) the district of birth. Such a certificate is generally accepted for all purposes for which evidence of age only is required. Where an applicant can supply full particulars including the register entry number and date of registration the fee will be £ 5.00 . We regret this facility is not available online. Priority Certificate £ 25.00 Birth certificates can be produced within one hour for personal applications. Postal, telephone and internet applications received before 14:30 hours will be dispatched the same day. Statutory Purpose Certificate £ 5.00 Certificates for Education & Social Security Purposes can be produced at a reduced fee. Proof from the Department of Education or Department of Health and Social Services must be included with your application. These certificates may only be used for the purposes provided and are not available online. Search only £ 5.00 For each five year period or part of it. This facility is not available online. Paul

And for those ordering from the South of Ireland:- Certificates: Including particular Search Fees Extra copies Birth Certificate €6.98 €5.08 Death Certificate €6.98 €5.08 Marriage Certificate €6.98 €5.08 Short birth Certificate €4.44 €2.54 Search Fees: Particular Search: €1.90 A search (in the public office by the applicant) over a period not exceeding five years for any given entry. General Search: €15.24 Search (in the public office by the applicant) through the indexes to either Births or Deaths during any number of successive hours not exceeding six, or to indexes to Marriages during any number of successive days not exceeding six, without specifying the object of the search. (Fee does not include the cost of certificates or photocopies.) NOTE: These search fees only apply to personal callers to the G.R.O. office in Dublin. Photocopy of entry in the Register: €3.81 When reference information is supplied: €1.90 Reference information consists of Year, Quarter, Volume and Page No. Authentication of an existing Certificate €1.90 Payment Methods: We will accept personal cheques/bank drafts, International Money Orders and Irish Postal Orders denominated in € Euro. N.B. Euro denominated personal cheques, bank drafts or International Money Orders must be drawn on a branch of a bank located in the Republic of Ireland and be acceptable for clearance through the Irish cheque clearing system. All Cheques etc. should be made payable to 'The Civil Registration Service”. New application forms (which contain a provision for the inclusion of credit card details) for Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates, designed for our ongoing computerisation/modernisation programme will be posted on the Apply for a Cert page of this website These forms can be downloaded and then submitted to this office by post or fax. If you have difficulty downloading the forms simply write or type the relevant information on a sheet of A4 size paper and post or fax it to us. LOCAL COUNTY OFFICES Birth, Death and Roman Catholic Marriage Certificates are also available from the relevant local County Superintendent Registrar's Offices (listed below) on application in person or by post. These local offices usually have a much faster response time than the General Register Office but you will need to provide them with the precise date i.e. day/month/year and the exact location of the event e.g. name of hospital, exact address of a private home, name of church etc. The second cost noted is the cost for extra copies ordered at the same time, i.e. Birth certificate €6.98 Extra copy €5.08 Paul

Thanks everyone. Well, thats it, I've ordered 2 births and 1 death, delivery date 9th May hopefully. Got a bit worried when it came to payment and it said 'you will have 15 minutes to complete this' , I thought, crumbs, what do they need to know? It all went smoothly though, can't wait to get them! Lisa