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Kerry

Kerry Report 15 Nov 2003 19:32

Thanks everyone for your help. I was being a bit thick!! I hadn't clicked onto the right page. The one I was looking at had to have the exact DOB etc. I've now got it right (I think!!)

Margaret

Margaret Report 15 Nov 2003 19:12

Kerry If you are ordering online, you only have to fill in the boxes that have a red asterisk against them. These are the mandoratry fields. You only fill in the others if you are sure of your info. Less is more Margaret

Unknown

Unknown Report 15 Nov 2003 18:56

You only have to put that info in if you have it otherwise the year, qtr, district and ref no are only required.

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Nov 2003 18:30

I've ordered all my certificates online so far and you don't need to know the date of birth if you have the Name, year, quarter, district, page and volume number - the same info you can get from freeBMD and 1837. Christopher - were you perhaps purchasing a recent certificate? I know the forms have optional fields to fill in so you guarantee that you get the right ones back but if you have the info I mention above you should have been fine Zoe

Chris

Chris Report 15 Nov 2003 18:24

I would be interested to know this answer too, i know when i went to the family records office, if you did not know the names of the parents etc, you had to give 2 forms of ID

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Nov 2003 18:22

Kerry Are you doing it online now - if so I can probably talk you through it. Zoe

Kerry

Kerry Report 15 Nov 2003 18:20

Aplogies if this question has been asked before, but.... I've got stuck finding info on my Grandad so I decided that maybe it was time to send for his birth certificate in the hope that it would answer some questions. I've just looked on the 1837 site and found which quarter and year he was born, but when it comes to filling in the form it asks for a date of birth and where born. If I don't have the exact information, how can I fill in the mandatory parts? Kerry