Are they the same ??

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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 2,092 Send Message	Kathlyn	Report	5 Oct 2008 17:45
	If I order a certificate from the GRO would it be the exactly the same certificate if I ordered it from the relevant county RO ?? Kathlyn
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	5 Oct 2008 18:03
	GRO certs are photo copys, registry office certs tend to be re-written by the registrar, eg copied from the original entry, as far as i no the county records office don't do BMD certs Roy
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	5 Oct 2008 18:06
	The information on the certificate would be exactly the same whether you order from the GRO or the original register office (not the County Record Office), however you may get a photocopy or a typed or handwritten certificate, depending on who supplies it. Kath. x
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	5 Oct 2008 18:19
	Just to clarify Porkie's post, the GRO's photo copies are images of entries copied by the GRO staff from info supplied by the local registrars. At least, this is the case for the main BMD registers, but I must admit I don't know about the births on hovercraft, deaths on planes, and on oilrigs, and the other minor registers