Bill - instead of ordering them through the GRO why not write to the Superintendent Registrar at the Register Office where the event took place? They are much more likely to check the parents for you and (if you are lucky) won't charge you if they can't find the right cert. Addresses of Register Offices can be found through www.genuki.org Ruth in Hampshire > Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 11:36:15 -0700 > From: rnbill@centurytel.net > To: LONDON@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LON] Help getting a certificate > > I am trying to get the birth and death certs on an ancestor. The only > problem is that there are 4 possible candidates for each, total of 8. > The only saving grace is that I know the names of both of the parents. > The only problem is that when I sent the GRO an email asking how to > request the certs since there is no place to list the parents, they > replied that they no longer provide a reference checking service. > > Any ideas on how to tell them exactly which certs are the ones to send > without having to unload my wallet on extra fees for researching their > records? > > Thanks > Bill Dalton > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message