The following was passed to me from the GENANZ Mailing List. The details of the poster have been removed. Regards John To: <GENANZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:06 AM Subject: Transcriptions & the NSW BDM Price Rise > Hello to all > > I have recently had some questions regarding Transcription prices and > availability in relation to the recent price rise by the NSW Registry. > > The NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages have announced that > they will be increasing their prices from 1st September 2004. > > The new Registry fees are: > > Official Certificate $31 > ***Official Certificates which are delivered by post are now required > to be sent by Secure Post, which costs an additional $5**** > > Family History Certificate (with registration number quoted) $24; > (without number) $31 > ***A Family History Certificate is defined on the NSW BDM Website as > "Births before 1905, Deaths 30 years or more after the event; > Marriages 50 years or more after the event"*** > > The years of access have not changed - ie 1905 or earlier for Births; > More than 30 years ago for Deaths; More than 50 years ago for > Marriages. This has been the access policy for some years. > > The $24 Family History price only applies to Certificates which have > the Registration number supplied with the request - so effectively > this means up to 1945 only for deaths and marriages, as indexes are > not available for any period after 1945. > > Transcription agents are still limited to 1945 for Deaths and > Marriages for the same reason - in order to access a record, we must > have the registration number, and we do not have access to any other > index than those which are publicly available. Once additional indexes > are released, we have been advised by the registry that Transcription > Agents will be allowed access to those records for which indexes are > released. >