Certs online

[carolegif]

There has been some talk in genealogy circles that it will be possible to view and download BMD certificates online from April 2008. Has there been any update on this? Most requests for certs are from genealogists like me and we really just need the information they hold rather than a complete certificate and this was causing a lot of work for the Record Office, hence the reason for putting records online.
I understand there will be a fee for this but it will be cheaper than the �7+ for an actual certificate sent in the post.

carolegif

[dot.hawkes]

The revenue the General Register Office recieves from the thousands of applications a year should be reason enough to not put them on an online download facility.
Record Offices don't tend to supply certified copies of entries in the GRO Index though, unless the GRO is going to move from Southport , it is still simple enough to order from a local Register Office. Though of course viewing the records online would be brilliant because then you would not need to order copies that may prove to be incorrect. However, in the Scottish archives it is possible to pay to search the registers.
Maybe the SOG have info on their website.

[carolegif]

I read a couple of years ago that they were going to go online for information purposes and that the date for the roll out was April 2008. It was around the time that they announced that parts of the 1911 census was being put online two years early in April 2009. i have gone back a long way with most of my family apart from my great grandmother's.
When you are searching for a Thomas Morris in Llangollen, it would save a fortune in false certificates - there were around 13 born in 1839 and mine could be any of them, plus the fact that Llangollen, although in Wales, comes under Oswestry Registry Office. I did send off for a couple, but they were false alarms, however, rootsweb do a fantastic service where you can view other peoples' false leads and get certificates for free.

Thanks dot

carolegif

[dot.hawkes]

I know I posted a reply on here a while ago about the changes happening in April, but that was mainly about the Family Records Centre being moved out to Kew and the partial 1911.

Have you looked at sibling birth and marriages? This helps to confirm families through addesses, occupations and whitness names.

[carolegif]

Thanks, I'll go down that route. I had no problem with the rest of the family, just this one. My great grandmother's parents died when she was under 2 years old and she was sent to live with a great aunt in Liverpool. That is why it is so difficult. She had a sister, but I think she either went to other relatives or died as there is no trace of her.

carolegif

[scarlets fan]

I can sympathise with carolegif, I have the nightmare of trying to trace William Williams , and David Davies both registered in Swansea. I am reluctant to send for certs. as I know most of them will not be the ones I want. Incidentally William married Mary Davies!!! I seem to be going in circles.