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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	13 Feb 2007 13:31
	NO you have to buy them I,m afraid. You may get lucky if you know the church to view their copy of a marriage or baptism but only if they still held at the church and they are willing to search for you
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,454 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	13 Feb 2007 13:33
	In a word........no. You can only see certs by buying them. You could possibly view Parish records, but that would be in the area where the event/s took place, and you'd need to know which parish. Reg
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 49 Send Message	Liz	Report	13 Feb 2007 13:35
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 49 Send Message	Thanks, looks as if I shall have to start saving my pennies then.
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 49 Send Message	Liz	Report	13 Feb 2007 13:36
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 49 Send Message	Is there somewhere you can go that holds copies of birth, marriage and deaths certs? There are lots I would like to check out but can't afford to buy them all yet so as I live near London is it possible to go and look at them to get the info I need without actually buying them?