new price for GRO certs

[LizzieW]

The Lincolnshire one was a pleasure to deal with, no problem at all and a receipt appeared in my in box double quick.

Oh that's good to know as I have a few Lincolnshire certificates to get.

Lizzie

[Redroger]

But don't deal with Doncaster unless you must!

[coombs]

Personally, this is just my opinion, I think they are trying to cash in because of genealogy being such a popular hobby. I have just ordered 4 more certs before the price increases.

[poolqwizrd]

My thoughts exactly

[Redroger]

Just seen this - the robbing ba*****ds! And reading the first link they seem so proud of themselves too for not putting up prices since 2003....whoop de do! 

Are you referring tho the GRO or the commercial site that charges £20. They are the real robbers!

[coombs]

I shall be obtaining copies of marriage certs from local record offices, but if you only know the district, it is a case of sifting through all parishes until you have it unless it was IGI indexed. But, knowing how awkward our ancestors were they may have wed at the registry office in which there will not be a copy in post 1837 marriage registers.

[kooky]

Surely all marriages, wherever they took place, will be in the register?
Im sure Stan or someone has the correct info.
Kooky

[nigelp]

Copies of certificates for marriages in parish churches will be found in the local Records Office if the church has deposited its records. Otherwise, they should still be at the church concerned. Obtaining them from this source obviously saves the GRO or the local Registry fee. However, copies of certificates for marriages which took place in non-conformist churches or at the Registrar's Office will not normally be available at a Records Office.

Additionally, although details of all marriages should have been copied to the GRO this did not always happen.

Nigel

[coombs]

I was in Essex yesterday at Southend and their library has copies of Essex PRs on fiche and I tried to find a marriage which took place in the Rochford district in 1866 and the Halstead district in 1850 but found nothing. I tried the most obvious parishes and to no avail. They may have taken place at a non conformist church or the local registry office.