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.

> 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. >