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Lesley

Lesley Report 16 Sep 2006 11:53

Hi i hope some one out there can help me,i live in australia and am planning a trip to england next year ,do you know if itspossible to go to the bdm place in england and get certificates the same day you order them,i know you can in australia and was wondering if you can there as well.also is the bdm place any where near all the touristy places. thanks lesley

Georgina

Georgina Report 16 Sep 2006 12:07

Lesley you can get them the same day in local Registry Offices, in Birmingham you wait about an hour. Georgina.

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 Sep 2006 12:08

The General Register Office indexes are at the Family Records Centre in London, which also has all the censuses. You can order certs there, but you WON'T GET THEM same day. They take at least 4 days as they are generated in the GRO office in Southport. You can look at the GRO bmd indexes online free at www.ancestry*co.uk (replace * with .) and order online at www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ Coming to England, I would recommend you do some research you CAN'T do online in Australia - ie visit relevant county records offices and look in parish registers. Depends what you want to find out, of course. As for touristy things, the FRC is in Islington. It's near Sadlers Wells and based in Clerkenwell, which still has a villagey atmosphere, nice church and the gruesom House of Correction, an underground prison.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 16 Sep 2006 12:10

Not if you order them from the main General Registry Office which is in Southport. you have to have their ref and order but they will despatch to you in Australia.Otherwise if you know the area you want you may be able to go to the local rester Office & they MAY!! (thats in Italics but cant type it as such)supply you while you wait,depends how busy they are

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Jim The Ferret

Jim The Ferret Report 16 Sep 2006 12:42

There are some counties like Cambridge where you can order them on interenet - site has more details than Ancestry. Jim

Researching:
Nelhams Kemp in Glamorgan/Somerset Dyer in Hailey Willows/Willers

Lesley

Lesley Report 16 Sep 2006 13:43

thanks for your help everybody regards lesley