Birth & Death Certificates by PDF from GRO

[rosie99]

From the GRO website today,  I can't see this posted anywhere else, please delete if it is.

General Register Office (GRO) - PDF Extended Pilot

The GRO is piloting a service from 12 October 2017 to provide portable document format (PDF) copies of digitised historical birth and death records. The pilot will run for a minimum of 3 months to enable GRO to assess the demand for this service over a prolonged period.

Applications for each PDF cost £6, must be made online, and include a GRO index reference.

England and Wales records which are available as PDFs in this extended pilot include:

Births: 1837 –1916
Deaths: 1837 –1957

[AntonyMMM]

Good news ....

There is a slight change to the previous trial - once produced, the pdf will be available to download from your account page on the GRO site for a period of time ( in the same way that probate service wills are delivered) rather than sent as an email attachment.

[Christine53]

That's very good news ! Thank you rosie99 !

Christine

[Jomot]

Great news.  I'd been holding off ordering a few speculative ones, so now I can get 3 for 2

[rosie99]

Good news ....

There is a slight change to the previous trial - once produced, the pdf will be available to download from your account page on the GRO site for a period of time ( in the same way that probate service wills are delivered) rather than sent as an email attachment.

Thanks Antony, that is good to know.     

The time span of death certificates appears to have been extended too or did they always go to 1957    OK they always went to 1957 

[cockney rebel]

Does anyone know if you get an instant pdf or do you have to wait a couple of days?
Certainly a cheaper option, but in comparison to a "proper" printed and posted certificate, I find the price relatively expensive.
Rebel

[Jon_ni]

"within 5 working days" see https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/PDF_most_customers_want_to_know.asp#PDF17

[groom]

This is worth noting though:

"PDFs will remain available to view for a period of 3 months from the point of ordering, after which it will be removed. You will not receive a reminder prior to deletion."

I'm sure that the probate people did sent a reminder didn't they? Everyone will need to get into the habit of saving immediately.

[panda40]

Well I know what I’m going to be doing this afternoon, thanks for the good news.
Regards panda