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Thank you.
Kind of proves what I thought!!! Doesn't help that the spelling keeps changing backwards and forward!!!
Thanks for your information!
JJ
Hi Folks,
A quick question which may proof the brick wall is impenetrable!!
In 1857 in Scotland, when presenting your parents name for marriage cert purposes, was any proof required as to the information supplied??
Think this wall might be made of steel instead of bricks!!
Thank you
JJ
Mutley,
It is probable that you were lucky enough to get a photocopy of the original book that was sent to the GRO. I have just emailed teh GRO to obtain an absolute answer..........
Rob
Mutley,
You are showing your lack of knowledge on this subject. Certs from the GRO are not printed off any microfiche they are in fact handwritten or type written copies of the copies of the originals. These are stored in large volumes. As someone as already mentioned only the indexes have been digitised and then by companies such as Ancetry. The work that was being carried out by Siemens was stopped when it ran over budget and the government realised they couldn not legally do this. (that was their excuse) The last time I looked at the relevant website they were looking at a new possibility.
As for Scotland two things spring to mind. One Civil registration didnt start there till much later and the country is much smaller than England and Wales so the records are fewer. Their certs though carry far more information than ours.
I agree with Guy that the sales of Goods act is the route to go if the cert is wrong however I believe that if you dont put as much info as you can and the cert matches what you have put (even if not your family) then there would be no claim. I do stand to be corrected on this point.
Rob
The problem with making the information available on-line is quite simple. Currently only the indexes have been digitised. Various projects to achieve this have failed due to lack of money, although I am not sure what is the current situation.
David
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Whoa there. Bit of an exaggeration. A few GRO certs are hardly a great holiday or a new home as I would do lots of research before choosing a dream holiday or home. If there are two Thomas Wilson's registered in the same quarter in the same year in the same district then you have to take a gamble with one at first. It may be the right one. If not then it is not the end of the world as you can order the other one. Simple.Quote
Yes I agree but look at it this way:- over the years you could easily buy 2 or 3 hundred certificates. (3 Births Deaths Marriages for each person - that is only 63 people). If only 10% are wrong (you could go wrong more than once on a person) that would be 20 or 30 wasted certificates. At £9-25 each that could be £277.50.
That might not be a lot of money to you but to a pensioner like me.........(don't get out the violins just yet)
Also, if lots of enthusiasts are doing roughly the same then the GRO are making tens of thousands a year supplying useless documents.
As I said earlier, not only is it a waste of everybody's money it is also a waste of the GROs time and the world resources.
Oh, and believe me, it doesn't matter how much research you do beforehand, buying a house or a holiday can go very wrong for unforseen circumstances.
There HAS to be some consumer protection.
Yes I see what you mean there but I think a lot of companies want more money and I think the GRO also rely on people buying wrong certs as it generates them revenue. But I suppose if we returned the cert they could give us at least a partial refund.