Genealogy Chat

Could someone please tell me what the vol. page means when you look up dates on ancestry, and are they useful???? Thankyou

Kelly the Volume & page numbers refer to which book that particular BMD is on. If you wanted to order a certificate & you quote these numbers it will only cost £7 if you dont have these numbers the certificate will cost you £11. Georgina.

thanx Georgina thats helped save me some money!!!

how do you order these???

Kelly you can go to this site and order online or you can google the local registry office where the event took place... http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ Georgina.

Have a look at the GRO site, ordering certs on-line http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

thankyou very much

Two alternatives to bear in mind - they may be useful... 1] Local ROs have the same info - one transcription earlier. The GRO records are the result of quarterly harvesting of the local records - ever an opportunity for error and omission. Some Local ROs have their own (searchable) transcription websites - try www.ukbmd.org.uk for a list of them. Fees are the same as from GRO. BUT - Some local offices are extremely unhelpful if the cert is for genealogy. 2] If you can find out at which church a marrage took place (assuming it was at a church) - and this info can often be on the Local RO sites - you might be able to get a copy of the Parish Register page from a Local Studies Centre (County Records Office, Large Library, Local Museum...) instead. That would be the ultimate primary source: the original source for all the cert/index info. You get to see the original handwritten signatures (or Xs) of the parties to the event. It can cost significantly less than a cert. Christine

Volume numbers are assigned to specific areas which can help if you are looking for an event in a region but aren't sure which registration district it would be in. For example 4b is Norfolk and bits of Suffolk, 6a is Gloucestershire and other parts of the west country. 1 is London and is a, b, or c depending on which bit. Information on registration districts, which gives volume numbers, here: www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/

nudging for future referenc!