Hi Leanne, You need Adobe Reader to read the file/certificate. It's free to download... http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Then go back to this page at Vic BDM's... http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/servlet/IdxSearch?action=collectImages Enter the collection number. The collection no. should be somewhere on your receipt or the confirmation email they send you. click 'continue' once you have entered the number. From memory on the next page that appears, click on view file. You have 30 days to view/download the file. Kind regards, Sherrie. On Mon, 15 May 2006 10:33:25 +1000, Leanne Baulch <lea.dave@cairns.net.au> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am in need of help re BDM's. This morning I went in to the website to > purchase a copy online of a Marriage between James Brown and Hilda May > Williams. > > Finally I found it and purchased it. Frustratingly Icouldn't work out > how to see it. > > I took note of my receipt no but after trying to see it I gave up and > left the site. > > My questions are > 1. Can anyone explain to me how to see and download what I bought. > > 2. What information should be on it and could the couple get away with > just the barest information. What I mean could the certificate at the > time of the marriage have no parents names on it. James I believe went > off to war in 1914 and never came back. We always believed Hilda May > never married. So this has been a surprise. > > Hoping someone may be able to help me > > Thankyou > Kindest regards > Leanne Baulch > Canberra > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > -- http://www.silkweb.com.au/