Genealogy Chat

Where do i look on line to order birth certificates and pay online? I have done the print off and post off but someone mentioned it could all be ordered online...

Thanks Jackie

Jackie....You can order BMD certs online here.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

You will need the Year ,qtr, district ,volume and page number, as well as name of person whos cert. you are ordering, for marriages only one name is needed as long as you have all the other details.

All the info you need can be found at freeBMD for certs. up to about 1920, after that you will need to access Ancestry complete BMD index or ask for a look up for the same info.

They cost £7.00 each, and usually arrive in about a week to 10 days. earlier if your lucky. When filling in form online, and asked if the GRO reference is known, make sure you tick the box.

Happy shopping

Nicky

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/order_certificates/index.asp

Thank you to you all! Done it!
I have ordered before but by the post! I am gonna get in trouble now for ordering too many, this is too easy! LOL

I know how you feel Jackie....its just too easy to click on "add to basket" and go back and order another one, currently waiting for 3 from GRO, with a despatch date of 1st July, and one from Cheshire BMD, which is nearly 2 weeks now, they used to come back by return of post, but are very busy at the mo, hence my long wait...................and I`m just so impatient.....


Nicky

You're welcome.

I ordered some recently online from the GRO, for the first time, and was quite impressed by the quick service; one arrived the date that they were supposed to have posted it!

Nine times out of ten, I order from register offices which, in my experience, have given speedy, and helpful service, or from the FRC when I have been in London. I miss the FRC.

Oh, how I wish I had some certs to order - I so miss the agony and ecstasy of the wait and then tearing the envelope open ..............:(

Lucky you Heather if you don`t have any certs. to order, my list is that long that i can`t ever see me getting through it........... even if I live to be 100 years old!!


Nicky

I have been told "like i listen" that i can only order certs if i am really really stuck! So this is just my third........ I think i have been very good don't you... Too easy now though, the time to consider has gone when you can just press submit! LOL

Jacqueline,

It may be a counsel of perfection but I would say: always order a certificate. Without this vital confirmation you cannot be sure you have the right person. Even censuses usually only lead to deductions, rarely to certainty.

Peter