Hello everyone, Here is the latest message from the Federation, ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Society of Genealogists is delighted to announce that the Government has accepted an amendment to the Deregulation Bill currently going before the House of Lords that allows for the publication of information from Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates in England and Wales to be issued otherwise than in the form of a certified copy. This is something the SoG has long campaigned for and is grateful to Baroness Scott of Needham Market, herself an enthusiastic genealogist, who suggested to Government that this deregulation is possible. More information can be found on their website http://www.sog.org.uk/news/article/gro-information-on-births-marriages-and-death-doesnt-have-to-on-expensive-c ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Copsey Your Fed Rep

Aye, but the devil is in the details. We’ll all be eagerly following to see what the implementation provides. Scott Shenton (GOONS 5292) Indialantic, Florida, USA Shenton one name study http://shenton.tribalpages.com On Feb 6, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Peter Copsey via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Here is the latest message from the Federation, > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Society of Genealogists is delighted to announce that the Government has > accepted an amendment to the Deregulation Bill currently going before the > House of Lords that allows for the publication of information from Birth, > Marriage and Death Certificates in England and Wales to be issued otherwise > than in the form of a certified copy. This is something the SoG has long > campaigned for and is grateful to Baroness Scott of Needham Market, herself > an enthusiastic genealogist, who suggested to Government that this > deregulation is possible. > > More information can be found on their website > http://www.sog.org.uk/news/article/gro-information-on-births-marriages-and-death-doesnt-have-to-on-expensive-c > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Peter Copsey > Your Fed Rep > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message