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mgnv

mgnv Report 7 Oct 2008 20:57

You can see what info is contained on a cert at:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/Certificates.html
You want the standard (i.e., the full) certificate - you do NOT want a short certificate.

You can order a cert from either the GRO or from the Manchester RO. Both accept credit cards, cheques and postal orders.

If you order online from the GRO, the cost is 7 GBP (which includes postage of cert). (You want the standard service - priority service is real pricey.) You will have to register on the site first, and have a credit card handy. If you order by post or phone from the GRO, it costs 8.50 GBP

Assuming you order online, you just need to give your dad's name, say you've got a GRO reference when they ask, give the date (i.e., 1965 and Jan-Feb-Mar quarter) and the district=Manchester, the vol #=10e and the page #=694, then sit back and wait a week or more.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

mgnv

mgnv Report 7 Oct 2008 19:57

Via Ancestry
1965q1 Winson, Keith Corbett Manchester 10E 694

Steven

Steven Report 7 Oct 2008 19:45

first of all thanks for the help...
Keith Winson
25/1/65
Manchester

I'm pretty sure i've looked for it before.... can't remember how i did though :S!

again...thanks

CLW2005

CLW2005 Report 7 Oct 2008 18:34

what was your dad's date of birth??
and where was he born??
Christine

mgnv

mgnv Report 7 Oct 2008 18:28

Betty, his marr cert won't help with his mum's name - they're from Manchester, not Dundee.

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 7 Oct 2008 17:07

Get your dads birth or marriage certificate it will tell you the names.

Betty

Irene

Irene Report 7 Oct 2008 17:07

A copy of your Dads birth certificate will give you the details you want. Then you can trace the marriage of his parents. Irene

Steven

Steven Report 7 Oct 2008 17:02

Trying to trace my side of the family (Winson's) but my dad doesn't really remember his mums real name, from what he thinks he remembers it's Patricia Corbett, who married his dad...James Winson...apparently we've got a lot of family in Manchester? Anyone any ideas how to go forward...? message me if you do...thank you