new price for GRO certs

[Rah1980]

Well even though it is a pain with it being an hour away i think the best thing for me to do for local ancesters is to find the marriage on microfiche in the archives and get them to do me a copy as it is only 65p I got two the other week including P&P for £1.80 (P&P because I had to leave before they could do it).

Sarah

[Sloe Gin]

Perhaps we should all agree to not buy from GRO when the price goes up and only buy from the local office (i see some are online and so easier) they would be in a bit of a mess if they all did that.

Surely it all goes to the government anyway?  Local register offices are also government departments.

[Redroger]

Local Registry Offices are controlled by the local borough council, though their charges are nominally at least set by central government.

[Guy Etchells]

Seems yet again I am out of step with the family history community.

I find the new charges perfectly acceptable they are totally in line with inflation.
I notice nobody complained for the last 7 years as costs rose that the GRO were refusing to keep the fees for certificates in line with inflation.

In addition to the standard fee being in line with inflation other certificate fees have tumbled, I again note no one is complaining about that.

Why not?

Rather than complaining about the new fees family historians should be complaining about the illegal charges added by local registrars.

The law that states no fee may be charged for searches in registers of births, deaths and marriages kept under the Marriage Act 1949 and the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, the power to charge such a fee having been repealed by the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1968, SI 1968/1242, art 4(1), Sch 2.
For more details see my website at-
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/hal.htm

Cheers
Guy

[AnneMc]

Well it looks like I will be trying to order as many certificates before the price increase .  As I live in Canada it cost me more with the exchange rate to boot...   I started to order on line because the banks here now charge $7.00 for a UK money order. Which I refuse to pay, if I upgraded my monthly fees I can have it for free.... It use to be free no matter what monthy fees you pay.

If I do order any after the increase I will have to be pretty picky as to which ones I order...

Cheers
Anne

[davidrigg3]

Oh boy!

I've currently got 40+ certificates on my wish list 

[FraserandFraser]

I don't think that may people care that the price of a cert for people who don't look up the reference has come down. In my opinion it should be double that of some one who used the correct reference.

last time it went up they said the fees should stay the same for the next 10 years, (7years ago).

I too am consigned by the increase in charges added locally by the RO's, as I don't think they are legal. there is an option to do a general search that has been around for a long time it used to cost £18 but now I haven't been able to find out.

[teaurn]

I couldn't actually see what the refund would be if references dont match I wonder if that price has changed

[oldtimer]

I find the new charges perfectly acceptable they are totally in line with inflation.
Cheers
Guy

But don't you think even that 7 pounds is rather overpriced anyway?