Yorkstone & O'keeffe marriage

[YorkyNZ]

Hi Jemima is my Dad's aunt. I have the Scotland Peoples certs etc for this Yorkstone family. If you are still looking for. Happy to share. I am also in Australia.

[Forfarian]

Surely there must be a way of finding out without endless spending of money???

What makes it harder for me is I live in Australia

This is really intriguing. I would be very interested to know how to find out before ordering a marriage certificate from Australia whether I have the correct person. The online indexes to marriages in Australia don't contain any information at all about the people apart from their names. Just like the ones on Scotland's People, really.

The thing is, if I get it wrong on Scotland's People it's only £1.50 - less than the cost of a cup of coffee - but if I get it wrong in the corresponding government sites in Australia it is a far more expensive mistake.

Current charges seem to be AUS$20 in VIC, AUS$24 in WA, AUS$25.55 in QLD, AUS$26.40 in SA, and AUS$41 in NSW.  At today's exchange rates that's anything from almost four times as expensive to nearly eight times as expensive as a certificate from SP.

So, Oneday, please enlighten me how to be sure before coughing up for an Australian certificate that I have actually got the right one?

[Oneday]

Hi Jemima is my Dad's aunt. I have the Scotland Peoples certs etc for this Yorkstone family. If you are still looking for. Happy to share. I am also in Australia.

Thanks for your post.  I'm not sure if you can private message me until you have posted 2 more posts on the forum.  I would be happy to know some more details as it maybe if accurate that we could be distantly related.

[Oneday]

Surely there must be a way of finding out without endless spending of money???

What makes it harder for me is I live in Australia

This is really intriguing. I would be very interested to know how to find out before ordering a marriage certificate from Australia whether I have the correct person. The online indexes to marriages in Australia don't contain any information at all about the people apart from their names. Just like the ones on Scotland's People, really.

The thing is, if I get it wrong on Scotland's People it's only £1.50 - less than the cost of a cup of coffee - but if I get it wrong in the corresponding government sites in Australia it is a far more expensive mistake.

Current charges seem to be AUS$20 in VIC, AUS$24 in WA, AUS$25.55 in QLD, AUS$26.40 in SA, and AUS$41 in NSW.  At today's exchange rates that's anything from almost four times as expensive to nearly eight times as expensive as a certificate from SP.

So, Oneday, please enlighten me how to be sure before coughing up for an Australian certificate that I have actually got the right one?

For Australian records I would look at the newspapers as a lot of people posted the announcements in those.  These records are free and quite often give other details.

[Forfarian]

Just the same as Scotland then.

Only it's a lot more expensive to get the actual certificate.

[Oneday]

Just the same as Scotland then.

Only it's a lot more expensive to get the actual certificate.

Your point is???  Picking the bones out of everything due to someone else's perception of affordability says a lot!

[Oneday]

Surely there must be a way of finding out without endless spending of money???

Unfortunately there is no way of getting this information without someone spending (or, if you are extremely lucky, someone already having spent) some money. And £1.50 is less than the cost of a cup of coffee or a half pint of beer.

Waiting 8 years to hammer your point has not sat well with me.  I have found other "free" means of finding out some details which will not be disclosed to you.  This does not include any of the replies to date.  I hope you have enjoyed yourself with your reply.  If there is a next time you attempt to reply in such a manner, I will be reporting it to the moderators.

[Forfarian]

I have been bewailing the cost of accessing information from Australia, which is so much more expensive than the same service from Scotland.

I am sorry that you have chosen to take that personally.

[Oneday]

I gave you a free suggestion which is typical of how people did it in Australia until tech took over.
Our government has given us limited access to particular records that you are perhaps not aware of. 

Perhaps if you choose different wording as it appears as if you pounced after nearly 8 years to really rub it in that I have limited means.