Genealogy Chat

If I am ordering more than one certificate, can I put the fees for them all onto one cheque? There are so many certs that I need, I'll run out of cheques if I did them separately!

I don't see why not. I presume you are ordering from the local register office? nell

Yes, I have lots of ancestors from what is now known as Tameside.

When on the Cheshire BMD website it says that when I'm making payment that cheques should be crossed '/&Co/' What does this mean?

That is done so that the cheque can't be cashed by anyone other than the payee and has to be paid into a bank account. The two daiagonal lines with &co written between them go across the part of the cheque where you write the payee and amount. You'll probably find your cheques are printed with this on already, most are nowadays.

Thankyou.

Lets say you are ordering 7 certs from the same office. I would always make it possible for them to bank any multiple of £7 in case there is a problem with any of the orders..... So 7 x 7 = 49....but I wouldn't send one chq for £49 I would send one for £7, one for £14 and and one for £28. This means however many certs they are able to send you, they will have cheques to cover and can return your remaining cheques if there's a reason one or more certs can't be issued. Merry

Want advice from a bank clerk? You can always write 'notexceedingfortyninepounds' right across the very top of the cheque, running right from one side to the other and leave the amount blank. They will then be able to fill in the amount they require, obviously not exceeding £49.00