Thank you Pauline. Fortunately I was able to be very specific with year and house address when ordering, so hopefully there won't be a problem. Thelma -----Original Message----- From: Pauline & Arthur Kennedy via DERBYSGEN Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:43 PM To: Derbyshire genealogy Cc: Pauline & Arthur Kennedy Subject: Re: [DBY] GRO > Enter the year of the event (they will search that year plus one either > side of it) You may need to be a bit careful about this. Although it is a while ago now, last time I placed a certificate order with checking points, it emerged that the search only includes checking a certain number of entries, so for a common name this may not cover all possibilities in the 3 years in question. I am not sure if this is still the case, or how I heard about it, but when I was advised that they hadn't found the birth I was looking for, I remember having to ring up to discover which entries had actually been checked, and could therefore be eliminated. I have a feeling that only 4 entries were checked. Pauline On 01/03/2017 10:45, Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN wrote: > Hi Thelma > > You can still order with checking points but relevant to the type of > certificate applied for (birth, marriage or death) > > There are differing checking points for each type > > It is as I described previously > > When you go to the GRO site, log in and select "Place an Order" > > On the first page select the type of cert (in this case death) > > You can add the age at death if you wish to but its available on the next > screen as well > > Lower down is a tick box for "Is the GRO Index Reference Number Known" > (yes or no) > > It defaults to no but select no if its not already selected > > Enter the year of the event (they will search that year plus one either > side of it) > > Click submit and you get a second screen which allows > > Surname of deceased > Forenames of deceased > Date of death (if known) otherwise enter 01/01/year > > Age at death (again) 0 for infants under a year > > Place of death or last known address > > Occupation of deceased > > Marital status > > There is no box to enter either parents or informants names, but parents > names would only be recorded if an infant > > I am awaiting a reply from the GRO to see if that is possible or not now > > It may be that you have to email the GRO with a specific enquiry but will > report back if and when they reply to my enquiry > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 23-Feb-17 4:16 PM, Thelma Wigley via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> Sadly it seems no longer possible to add checking points when ordering a >> certificate from the GRO, apart from the year, unless the event was >> within >> the last 50 years. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus