Friday, October 20, 2017

England and Wales GRO Online Trial

The General Register Office (GRO) is piloting another scheme allowing researchers to order birth and death records as PDFs.
From 12th October the digital records will be available to order via the GRO website for £6 each for the next three months, a cheaper alternative to ordering print certificates, which cost £9.25 each or £23.40 for priority certificates.
GRO, which has run three previous pilot PDF schemes, said the scheme would run for a minimum of three months to allow it to “assess the demand for this service over a prolonged period”.
The scheme applies to birth certificates from 1837 to 1916 and death certificates from 1837 to 1957.  Marriage certificates are not available through this trial.
The records will not be immediately viewable, but are sent directly to your email address.  If you are using the GRO site for the first time you will need to complete their registration process.  Remember searching their online indexes is free.

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