It would be good if

[gingerbit]

I had listened to my Grandmother's stories more often.

[Rishile]

...I could concentrate on one ancestor at a time rather than keep being side-tracked

Rishile

[Treetotal]

I'll second that 
Carol

[patty38]

My mother had put names on photos and I had listened a bit more carefully (but I was only about 9 years old). I have some lovely photo's but don't know exactly who they are.   

[panda40]

If my dad had written more than Bill and Nellie on the back of the photo. He knew who they were but I can't make the names fit the tree
Regards panda

[Stuart273]

All of the above 

[Treetotal]

My Nellie was hard to find as her name was actually Ellen 
Carol

[smiler007]

If we could go back to our childhood for a while and make notes to bring forward

[genjan1953]

..... all record offices and the GRO would recognise the distinction between BMD certificates needed by family historians and those requested for other purposes.  I'm thinking that it would be good if they could just scan in the original entry and email it to us, or send a photocopy by post.  It would keep the costs down for them and us.  I just find it irritating to have to wait for a hand written/typed formal copy of the requested entry I don't really need and then pay £9.50 or so for it.  I have a feeling that if they did this and brought the price down a bit they would receive far more requests and generate more income for themselves in the process.
Janet