"Norman Custance" <norval@ncustance.fsnet.co.uk> wrote : >I have recently found out that Death Certificates are now £ 10, and you >must >know the full date of death to obtain one. The folio and page number are >not >used. I think this applies for deaths in the last 10 years or so. You seem to be 'jumping the gun' and not getting it entirely right, to boot. The price of certificates will change from April 6th. Those ordered online from the GRO and with a GRO reference will rise from the current £7 to £9.25, not £10 as you state. Certificates ordered from the GRO in other ways, or without a GRO reference, will all cost the same, £9.25, whereas they now cost assorted amounts, generally more than £9.25. Certificates ordered from a local Register Office will actually cost less, at either £7 or £9, depending on whether issued by a Superintendent, or other, Registrar. Your comment about needing to know the full date of death is not mentioned in the IPS announcement - see http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/1569.htm for the full details. The requirements of local Register Offices can be different and they certainly have no interest in the GRO reference (if this is what you mean by folio and page number); this is created by the GRO and is not directly relevant to the local offices' records. Other details are no different from those required by the GRO, although local offices may have other constraints that cause them problems and they may, perhaps, ask for more information to try to reduce the search time. Events in the last 10 years are no different from any others, although there are some extra-statutory rules about births in the last 50 years. John B Leic., Eng