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I must have made a mistake I googled the Stepney Register Office to order a Cert and started to fill the order form in then noticed it said £25 they are joking arent they ???

Must be. I have never paid more than £7.

Was it a marriage? Merry

Hang on Val,i have it somewhere,i know it isn't £25. Glen

yes a marriage cert why ??? are they dearer there then ???

Stepney Closed in 1983 and post July 1837 civil registers moved to Tower Hamlets Bromley Public Hall Bow Road London E3 3AA Tel 020 7364 7883 or 7364 7884 Fax +44 (0)20 7364 7885 Email: th_regoff ''at sign'' dial.pipex*.*com URL: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk

Tower Hamlets say they charge £18 for a search......: Family searches If you are trying to trace the birth, marriage or death certificate of a family member, a good place to start is at the library nearest to where the event took place (see information about Tower Hamlets history and archives library). All the information available there is free and may confirm the existence of a certificate. You can also ask for a family history search at the register office but there is a fee of £18. This service does not guarantee a certificate unless you have confirmed its existence through your own research. Marriage, death and full birth certificates cost £7 each. Short birth certificates cost £5.50 each. All cheques and postal orders to be made payable to Superintendent Registrar. You can contact the Tower Hamlets Register Office for more information but we regret that we cannot carry out searches over the phone. If you are unsure of the place where the birth, marriage or death event took place, you can apply to the Family Records Centre in Islington, London. They hold the birth, death and marriage records for the whole of England and Wales. They go as far back as 1837. Merry

Added the url as well Bromley Public Hall Bow Road London E3 3AA Tel +44 (0)20 7364 7883 or 7364 7884 Fax +44 (0)20 7364 7885 Email: [email protected] URL: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Glen

thanks Maid Marion it did say closed but you could still order Certs, wonder whats going on I shall ring and order it instead thanks a lot

I think the site you have been redirected to is BMD-Certificates(.)co.uk. Don't use them - the price is £25. Use the GRO instead. Kath. x

It's because they charge £18 for the search and £7 for the cert = £25 Merry

I have not ordered a marriage one from Tower Hamlets, but have ordered a death one, and paid £7.

What a con , I could buy nearly 4 with that money, Glen you have redeemed yourself I will forget about the overnight stay charge being exorbitant. Thanks for all replies I shall be more careful in future.

the thing is Merry I know all the details , so no search necessary.

Imagine how long it would take them to do the search though, compared with the GRO?? merry

Marriage certs are slightly different to births. The register is compiled by venue and not by names. So to find the marriage the registrar must search each venue.If you know where it helps them by reducing the search,they can go straight to the right book. The thing is if you know which church/chapel was used you probably don't need the cert. If there are a lot of possible venues they prefer not to supply the cert due to the time taken for the search,(it has happened to me a time or two).Then i did use the GRO just to make the job easier,but not by choice.Grrrr Glen

Do you remember my Jesse Kemp well it seems his Wife did remarry while he was still alive, got the Birth Cert of one of the new Husbands Children today.

thanks for that Glen but it was a Registry Office Wedding, would that be easier for them???

Yes, it would.....whereever the venue, if you KNOW it, then that will make it many many times easier for them! merry

thanks again Merry, did you se my thread on here about my Jesse Kemp???