General Chat

I've decided to limit myself to buying just one cert a month. But my inlaws have said they'll pay for certs for their side and my parents said they'll pay for certs for their side. So tonight I've ordered 3 certs for my mum's side!! Joanne

Actually a really depressing thought is that if our ancestors held on to their birth, marriage and death certs and passed them down we wouldn't need to have to keep ordering copies. and then if we did need a duplicate it would get here quicker because the GRO wouldn't be having to reproduce so many. Hmmm.... nell

I feel your pain Jim, I have bought 14 so far with another 3 on the way. Every time one turns up my husband is pleased cause he thinks I'm geting on so well..... he hasn't yet thought to ask how much they cost!! Brenda

grampa jim could i ask were your looking for blanchards as thats my aunts maiden name. karen

Yes Helen, And I know I have a dodgy line with alternative Christopher Herons. The only saving grace is that they were cousins so my tree is only fuzzy for a couple of generations.

Grampa Jim I know - and its maddening that you don't get the age at death in the index in the earlier years. I am trying to find a death cert and thought with the unusual surname - Chowns - I'd got the right one. The reg. district was next door to the one I was expecting to find him in, so no great surprise - maybe he died with some relatives. Imagine my annoyance when it turns out this dead Chowns was a baby! He is probably a distant relation and I did feel sorry for his parents, but still... nell

Just sent off another cheque for a Marriage cert to find out whether William Langley Nephew or William Langley Uncle was the one who married Ellen Blanchard. Thank goodness so many are easily identified without the need for certs.