The following was distributed by a member of the Northumberland and Devon FHS. I somehow feel the GRO are not following the spirit of why pdfs. Cheers Paul It is reported on the Lost Cousins website that the cost of BMD certificates will rise on 16 Feb 2019. Paper certificates will rise from £9.25 to £11 and a PDF copy, where available, will rise from £6 to £7. There will also be an additional charge of £3 to search an index where full references are not provided. A fee of £3.50 will be retained where an entry cannot be found from the relevant information provided. Full details are contained in Statutory Instrument 1268 of 2018 available here https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1268/pdfs/uksi_20181268_en.pdf