Obtaining English certificates from overseas

[jinnyf]

Thanks all, I'm being to feel more confident

Jinny

[carol80]

I am in New Zealand and in May i ordered Marriage Certificate through GRO. Using reference numbers from FreeBMD I entered these into GRO order form. Paid using my Debit card. No problems. My certificate arrived about 3 weeks later. Did have to pay 60 cents for Currency Exchange no other charges.
Happy with end result.
            Carol

[Dragonluva]

Hi, hope you don't mind me tagging on to this thread, but as you people have bought certificates from UK I thought you might be able to help me. What information would I get about the parents on a 1844 birth certificate? Would it just be names and Maiden name? Thank you for your time.

[davidft]

For England and Wales births

Register number
When and where born
Name if any (some are unnamed at registration)
Sex
Name and surname of father
Name surname and maiden surname of mother
Occupation of father
Signature, description and residence of informant
When registered

[Dragonluva]

Thank you for your help.

[SelDen]

Just to add to Davidft’s reply, this link sets out the info provided on death and marriage certificates for Wales and England as well (assuming that once you have ordered a birth cert you may want others - they are addictive).

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/most_customers_want_to_know.asp#CertificateInformation

Scroll down or select the question “What information will I see on birth, marriage and death certificates?”

Note the information provided about the option to get some births and deaths (up to certain dates) in the form of a PDF emailed to you - this is a little cheaper.

The site for Scotland is https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - civil registration started in 1855 in Scotland

This link explains the situation for Ireland-
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registration.html

Ireland- https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ - the official government site

Northern Ireland - https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office-for-northern-ireland 

Hope this is useful.

[Dragonluva]

Wow, thank you. So helpful having info for all the UK sites in one message. Cheers