Hi list, Please would SKS tell me the cost of a birth certificate as I would like to buy one from the Manchester Register Office. Thank you in advance ~ Vanda __________________________________________________________ Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play __________________________________________________________

£7. ----- Original Message ----- From: <andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] The cost of a Birth certificate > Hi list, > > Please would SKS tell me the cost of a birth certificate as I would > like to buy one from the Manchester Register Office. Thank you in > advance ~ Vanda > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Vanda, I would check it out with their website www.manchester.gov.uk, think you can only get it for £7 if you are going in person to get it. Regards Mavis ----- Original Message ----- From: <andrew-vanda@tiscali.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] The cost of a Birth certificate > Hi list, > > Please would SKS tell me the cost of a birth certificate as I would > like to buy one from the Manchester Register Office. Thank you in > advance ~ Vanda > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Free games for a wet weekend - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play > __________________________________________________________ > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:01 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] The cost of a Birth certificate Vanda asked "Please would SKS tell me the cost of a birth certificate as I would like to buy one from the Manchester Register Office." I know there have been various replies to this question but might I make several comments based on my experience. In the early days of my research, I sent cheques (one per certificate, plus a stamped addressed envelope) to the local offices. The staff tended to be very helpful even 'phoning on occasion to clarify the request, or telling me that I had applied to the wrong office, but they would pass my letter on, or that I'd addressed the cheque to the wrong person! However, in those days, the certificate would be handwritten. The information was correct*. (see below) Then I received a photocopy of my G Grandparents marriage from Hull - and saw their signatures! Lump in the throat time. This local office had invested in photocopying facilities as they regarded it as a more efficient method of responding to requests. Now we have 2 options: Apply to the local office IF they accept requests - some don't due to staff cutbacks meaning they have to concentrate on applications for the living;-) This costs £7 plus the sae. Some records are photocopied, others handwritten. Apply to Southport online via the website, which still costs £7 and no need for a 2nd stamped addressed envelope, so slightly cheaper. You DO need a credit card of course. Southport photocopy the actual entry and send it out quite quickly. I've spoken to staff at Southport on the telephone and they have always been helpful. Re * above. I mistakenly applied to Southport for a marriage certificate that I later realised I had already received as a handwritten copy. However, the photocopy contained 2 witness signatures rather than the one on the handwritten copy! The 2nd signature was a vital clue as it turned out.... So 'yer pays yer money and takes yer choice'.... Regards, Ruth in Brum (Birmingham, England)