Thanks for the fast reply. I didn't know about the Ancestry 'partner' scheme. If still needed after I've heard back from Paul Howes, I shall check that out. best Anne H. On 4.2.15 21:18, Lawrence Tristram wrote: > One thing I used a few years ago to get a Death certificate was via an Ancestry ‘partner’. Ancestry had a list of people who could visit the office and obtain a copy of what you want, then post it to you. > I am not sure whether they still do that, though. > > Lawrence Tristram > >> On 4 Feb 2015, at 20:58, 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 > > >