BMD Certificate e-petition

[Alexander.]

Are you aware of this petition which is very similar? It has many more signatures already, but is still a long way from the required 100,000. I've seen several threads on RC about this one already.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792

I don't think any of them will reach 100,000 if there are lots of petitions trying to accomplish the same thing - we need all 100,000 on one petition.

[suzyvan]

Aust is part of the British Empire [although going through customs in Eng you would think we are from mars) lol.
It asks what country you are from and has a list to scroll  to find your country ie Australia.
It has accepted my signature.

>>>>I realise that this is for UK citizens, but is it OK for others to add their signature, as I am sure there are people in other countries who would like to purchase certificates at a cheaper rate, as well? <<<<<

[Alexander.]

It asks whether you are a British citizen or UK resident, and you must check 'yes' to sign it. I live in the States but I am a British citizen so was able to sign it.

In this case it is understandable why 'foreigners' might want to sign it, but for most petitions you wouldn't just want anyone in the world to be able to sign. So I think it makes sense that all petitions are restricted to British citizens or residents.

[Forfarian]

Are you aware of this petition which is very similar?
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792
I don't think any of them will reach 100,000 if there are lots of petitions trying to accomplish the same thing - we need all 100,000 on one petition.

So sign them all!

Actually, I just tred to, and it would not accept my signature because it said that my e-mail had already been used for this petition. So it seems to be the same one, or to have been rollod together with it.

Which begs two an interesting questions

(a) if you share an e-mail address with someone else (I know lots of couples who have one e-mail address between them) does this mean that only one of you can sign?
(b) if you have several e-mail addresses, how do they prevent you signing more than once?

[Danae]

Someone has started an e petition that is worthy of support:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792

Research Copies for Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates for Genealogical Research Purposes

Under current legislation, the GRO can only "release this information by means of the issue of a paper certified copy Cert of the relevant entry, and payment of the relevant statutory fee for a certified copy." We request that this House enacts legislation to allow the General Register Office of England and Wales the ability to issue "uncertified" research copies of birth, marriage and death certs - with a notice on the copies that they are uncertified, and have no legal authority - and that these may be obtained at a much lower cost than the current £9.25 per cert (eg £2) when ordered on-line and the GRO Index Ref is Provided, and that these may be issued in a electronic (email) format or a plain paper in the same way as The Rep of Ireland; this would enable family historians to buy many certs for their research at a lower cost" In the Republic of Ireland you can ask for an uncertified copy from Roscommon (their version of GRO) for €4.

[Old Bristolian]

Very poor site - I can't tell if I've signed ten times or not at all - the security symbols (to prevent spam) were either unreadable or contained symbols I don't have, but each time it seemed to be rejected!

[LizzieL]

Just signed it. Had to refresh the anti spam symbols a couple of times to get ones I could read. If you get an automatic email, then you know it has gone through. You need to click the link in the email before your signature is added.

[MargP]

I have had problems it keeps rejecting my e-mail address

[Nick29]

Someone started the petition 3 months ago, and since it has only attracted just under 5000 signatures in that time, it's unlikely to reach 100,000 by August 2012.  Are there 100,000 people actively engaged in serious genealogy in the UK ?