Hi Dick I can understand your outrage to a point, however putting a little perspective into it They haven't altered the charge for some seven years and when they did it was a drop rather than a raise (when they went to online ordering) plus they included the postage to anywhere in the world (something I don't agree with) They know full well that the majority of certificates are not essential and are ordered for research purposes, they also know people will continue to pay for them As to an e petition, name one that has been taken notice of, they are a complete waste of time, I do not see the Government paying the slightest bit of attention to the 376 names on it to date Just think yourself lucky they didn't introduce the 100 restriction which was part of their plan before My thoughts have been for many years that it would be a darn sight cheaper to supply the information, by email if necessary, rather than a largely pointless piece of paper Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Cambridge listers may be interested to see this, posted on the Hampshire > list... > > Dear Colleagues, > > As you may be aware, the costs of GRO certificates will rise from £7 to > £9.25 on the 6th April. Costs haven't risen for some years but an extra > £2.25 on every certificate. That's a whopping 32% rise. GRO produces 2 > million certificates a year, so that's 4.5 million extra profit in one > swoop. 90% of applications are online now, so their work is reduced but we > pay more! They are even scrapping the "checking points", so no more > refunds > if its not the correct certificate. > > Although protesting will probably fall on deaf ears, if we stay quiet, > they > will think they can hike the costs up whenever they want to. At least we > can > express how we feel about it. If you agree, please copy and paste the link > below into your browser and sign the e-petition. If not, sorry to have > bothered you. > > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/grocertificates/. > > > Chris > History of the villages of > Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight > http://southernlife.org.uk

Oh I don't know Nivard, I signed petitions to have the 1911 come online early.......and that worked. As to costs, the LDS have put their costs up as well......from $5 per reel to $7.75 Aus, tis the sign of the times I guess...... I cannot see them putting a 100 year restriction on.......they'd lose an awful lot of genie customers. They make a mint off of us don't they? Cheers pam from Adelaide > As to an e petition, name one that has been taken notice of, they are a > complete waste of time, I do not see the Government paying the slightest > bit > of attention to the 376 names on it to date