I only tried to buy a certificate direct from Sheffield Register Office once and they took an age to get back to me. It turned out I had forgotten to sign the cheque I enclosed (doh!) but it took them a month to inform me of this and send it back. Shelagh On 6/7/05, Keith Braithwaite <kbx@btopenworld.com> wrote: > > Dear list > I would like to know if a Rachel Calvert Braithwaite born Dec 1842 Ecclesfield is mine. > Her father would be Richard Braithwaite and her mother was Ann nee Ward. Richard's occupation could have been flax dresser. I have been into the Leeds office for birth and marriage certificates and given them information to check, if they come back and say yes the information you gave me is correct then I buy the certificate. If on the > other hand they say the information you have given does not correspond with the birth or marriage cert, then I know that I have not found my family member and would not buy the cert. Is this how it works in Sheffield? > > I have sent a letter to the registrars office in Sheffield to ask them to confirm or deny the info I have given before I purchase the certificate but they have not answered my letter. > > Would anybody on the list be willing to check for me if they ever go to the registrars office? I would be willing to do lookups for anybody if they have connections with Leeds. > > Kind regards > Keith Braithwaite > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.genuki.org.uk/ for initial information on all > aspects of genealogy in the UK.........For the Sheffield pages visit > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/index.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >