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Offline baggygenes

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Re: commemorative BMD certificate service
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 09:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Craclyn on Tuesday 14 August 12 18:35 BST (UK)
Afraid I am unable to see the point. For me the whole point of buying a cert is to be sure I am getting the GRO version. What use is someting transcribed into a pretty frame?

Think of it like when people sew birth or wedding samplers.  Its just to commemorate a special occasion or special people not for every certificate of every ancestor in your tree
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. (Thich Nhat Hanh)

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Re: commemorative BMD certificate service
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 10:10 BST (UK) »
there are plenty of sites doing commemorative certificates, family heralds, tartan, all that kind of stuff. so there must be a strong market for it all, I think its very popular in america.

and along with that there are several sites which sell GRO certificates for a profit without telling the customer that they can get them direct from the GRO for cheaper. these sites have not been told to stop doing so, only to stop pretending to be "official" or connected to the GRO in some way.

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Re: commemorative BMD certificate service
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 15 August 12 11:16 BST (UK) »
Quote from: bloogy on Wednesday 15 August 12 10:10 BST (UK)
and along with that there are several sites which sell GRO certificates for a profit without telling the customer that they can get them direct from the GRO for cheaper. these sites have not been told to stop doing so, only to stop pretending to be "official" or connected to the GRO in some way.



Technically they are not selling certificates if you read the fine print on Ancestry for example, they are acting as your agent and purchasing a certificate from the GRO on your behalf. Ancestry also states please be aware that there are other certificate ordering services available and that costs do vary In a way it is no different than getting a professional researcher to research your family. You are simply paying somebody else to do something or purchase something you could do yourself.

Whilst the information contained on a certificate is not a problem it might be worth checking with the GRO if you intend using any other part of the certificate such as the logo.

Andy 
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