E-Petition for BMD access

[newburychap]

Hi,

A chap called David Lloyd has started an e-petition to ask the Prime Minister to allow full access to the England and Wales BMD registers from 1837 to 1908. This would end the need for £7 certificates.

Given the seeming collapse of the DOVE project to digitise these records I think this petition is worthy of massive support from family historians. So far 500 people have signed up - it needs thousands before it will be taken seriously.

To support this go to http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/OpenBMDrecords/ and sign up.

[Barry1936]

I have just been told about this petition from another list, asking for open access to the registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1837 to 1908.  I do not recall having seen it here so apologies if I am duplicating!

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/OpenBMDrecords/



Moderator Comment: topics merged

[Liz in France]

Hi Barry,

Thanks for putting that post up.  I had heard of it but never had the opportunity to sign.

I think it would be a great help to genealogists to be able to get full access to the records (they are ours anyway) and avoid paying at least £7.00 a shot.

If the price was lowered to a couple of £s it would help to be able to print them online.  They would probably make more money that way as people are more inclined to pay less and use the service more.

Let's hope something positive happens from it.  There are only 615 signatures (616 with mine) and that doesn't seem very many to me.  Hopefully more will sign up now you have posted this thread.

Best wishes,
Elizabeth

[Selina]

Well the number of signatures has grown significantly in the last 10 minutes so there is a good chance that if we keep the subject appearing on the main board then many, many more will sign up.

Selina

[lookingforold]

Just Signed it.

[geoff4488]

Me too

[Cas (stallc)]

Me also

Cas

[patcan]

Just signed

Pat

[Preshous]

Thats me signed as well

Gary