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Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Julia	Report	12 Dec 2006 14:58
Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Ordered a birth certificate on 4th Dec from GRO, dispatch date was 12th but it arrived on 11th. So they are obviously slack at the moment. Julia
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,151 Send Message	Snowdrops in Bloom	Report	12 Dec 2006 15:03
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,151 Send Message	It's ALWAYS a good time to order certificates from local record offices - most have a turn round time of 2/3 days and they are exceedingly helpful, I use them in preference to the GRO and have never been disappointed (but there's a first time for everything!!! LOL)
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,932 Send Message	.•:¨¨:• ★Jax in Wales★.•:¨¨:•.	Report	12 Dec 2006 15:31
	Just ordered 2 birth certs despatch on the 18th, hopefully they will be here sooner.fingers crossed Last time I ordered some a couple of months ago they took 3 weeks. Jackie
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 89 Send Message	Clare	Report	12 Dec 2006 16:10
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 89 Send Message	I too have ordered 4 certs that have come before the said dispatch date, much better because i'm so impatient!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 2,610 Send Message	Janet 693215	Report	12 Dec 2006 17:35
	I ordered a marriage cert from GRO last Monday and it arrived on Friday despatch date today.