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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 174 Send Message	Janine	Report	24 Mar 2006 22:24
	Help, tried to order a copy of my Grandad birth Cert.... I dont know day or ?. month , but I do know the year and have the disrict volume and page. Am i missing something when i look on free BMD ? how can i find the date of birth? Thanks an advance Janine
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	24 Mar 2006 22:39
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	To order a birth cert from the GRO you need the year, quarter, registration district, volume and page. If you got the date of birth from the index it would save having to buy the cert in lots of cases! nell
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 337 Send Message	English Bob	Report	24 Mar 2006 22:46
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 337 Send Message	I think I know the box you are trying to fill..... Don't try and add a date of birth you haven't got... you positively have the Quarter- for example April- June 1880, type in 01/04/1880 or respective year. The other details you give will allow the transaction. Bob
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 174 Send Message	Janine	Report	24 Mar 2006 23:05
	Hi, Thanks for all the help, will try the sight tomorrow...to tired to concentrate now !!! Janine