Anne (and Paul), If the marriage occurred prior to 1911, I can provide faux certificates for them from published VR’s. Send the details and I’ll what I can. Bob Young Danbury, CT RangerONS 2940 On Feb 4, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Paul Howes via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Anne, please contact me off list. I can offer a solution > Paul > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:58 PM, anne higham via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> >> I have a Pythonesque problem getting details of a marriage from >> the City Clerk’s office in XXX,Massachusetts & wondered if anyone >> has hit similar, & whether they found an answer. Bear in mind that >> I live in the UK. >> >> FEES: The fee is $20 & should be paid using cash or a money order. >> No personal cheques are acceptable. I offered to pay via Visa but >> that’s not acceptable. I offered PayPay (and I would bear the cost >> of the charges which usually accrue to the recipient) but that’s not >> acceptable either. Mentally resigned myself to getting the dollars. >> >> POSTAGE: Subsequently I was told that I must provide “a self >> addressed pre paid envelope”. >> I explained that the website of the US Embassy in London >> says”"There is no retail outlet for U.S. stamps in the UK". >> I offered to pay the postage costs by adding extra dollars to the >> amount I would be sending. That’s not acceptable..... “The City of >> XXX does not have the means to send mail to England.” >> >> To get around the thorny postage problem I asked if the item could >> be scanned & sent as an attachment to an email....guess what - >> they “can not send Vital Records via email”! >> >> The one pro-active suggestion made by this department was that >> they had a mailer who used FEDEX. Not being familiar with >> Fedex I’ve pottered around their website, but think I must >> (surely!) have misunderstood the calculation process as it appears >> to be quoting US$56 or $81 depending on urgency. >> >> Ideas anyone??? >> >> best >> Anne H. >> 1020 Lyford >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> 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 > > > > -- > Paul Howes > www.howesfamilies.com > Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide > > _____________________________________________ > > 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
Many thanks for the swift response. However, I need a 1937 marriage so this particular approach won't work this time. Good to know though best Anne H. On 4.2.15 21:17, Robert Young wrote: > Anne (and Paul), > > If the marriage occurred prior to 1911, I can provide faux certificates for them from published VR’s. Send the details and I’ll what I can. > > Bob Young > Danbury, CT > > RangerONS 2940 > > > On Feb 4, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Paul Howes via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Anne, please contact me off list. I can offer a solution >> Paul >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:58 PM, anne higham via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have a Pythonesque problem getting details of a marriage from >>> the City Clerk’s office in XXX,Massachusetts & wondered if anyone >>> has hit similar, & whether they found an answer. Bear in mind that >>> I live in the UK. >>> >>> FEES: The fee is $20 & should be paid using cash or a money order. >>> No personal cheques are acceptable. I offered to pay via Visa but >>> that’s not acceptable. I offered PayPay (and I would bear the cost >>> of the charges which usually accrue to the recipient) but that’s not >>> acceptable either. Mentally resigned myself to getting the dollars. >>> >>> POSTAGE: Subsequently I was told that I must provide “a self >>> addressed pre paid envelope”. >>> I explained that the website of the US Embassy in London >>> says”"There is no retail outlet for U.S. stamps in the UK". >>> I offered to pay the postage costs by adding extra dollars to the >>> amount I would be sending. That’s not acceptable..... “The City of >>> XXX does not have the means to send mail to England.” >>> >>> To get around the thorny postage problem I asked if the item could >>> be scanned & sent as an attachment to an email....guess what - >>> they “can not send Vital Records via email”! >>> >>> The one pro-active suggestion made by this department was that >>> they had a mailer who used FEDEX. Not being familiar with >>> Fedex I’ve pottered around their website, but think I must >>> (surely!) have misunderstood the calculation process as it appears >>> to be quoting US$56 or $81 depending on urgency. >>> >>> Ideas anyone??? >>> >>> best >>> Anne H. >>> 1020 Lyford >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Howes >> www.howesfamilies.com >> Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> 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 > > >