Hi Brad I am horrified if people are doing that. I would ask for a scanned copy of the certificate, surely that's fair. Obviously you would only give the information once you had ascertained that the person concerned was related to you or at least a twig on their branch. I see no problem and I would certainly not consider it necessary to purchase another certificate. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <brad@fineby.me.uk> To: "Bristol & District ML" <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Bad news from the GRO > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:11:57 -0000 > "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hello Liz, > >> Another good reason for putting your email address on FreeBMD.....Yes, >> I know, this is my favourite subject!!!!! This way we can all share >> and cut down the cost. > > It's still best to buy, even if you can get details in the way you > suggest. Because, unfortunately, some of those that do put their > address on FreeBMD *will* send out duff info. > > Not everyone's as giving and honest as we might wish. :-( > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:25:55 -0000 "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Liz, > I am horrified if people are doing that. I would ask for a scanned It's far from widespread, I'm sure. But some people get their kicks in strange ways. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"