Hi Bev As we do not know the circumstances no one here can advise you fully about the situation In all the years I have used the GRO for certificates I have never had anything but a helpful response to any enquiry I would suggest you try to make contact again, if it was over the Christmas period they have simply been on holiday Letters still work you know, they are not quite obsolete just yet <vbg> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On the subject of registers.... I recently ordered a birth record for the > year of 1839. I was sent a record for someone of the same name born in > 1841. Will the GRO correct this? I emailed them immediately but have had > no answer. Am I going to have to place an international call? > > Thanks, > > Bev W

Hi Nivard, I sent for the birth record for a birth in Islington in 1839. There was a reference for a Samuel Rawlings b. 1839 in Islington. There was a book page and number also given. I received a birth record for one Samuel Rawlings b. Jan 1, 1841 in Buckingham, subdistrict Tingewick, County of Bucks to Thomas Rawlings, agricultural worker, and wife Salena (formerly Turner) Rawlings. My elusive Samuel was baptized at St. Barnabas Finsbury in 1845 as I have previously posted. He was born in 1839 to Samuel and Mary Rawlins and had at least two siblings Alfred and Mary. Samuel Sr. was a "watch finisher" who appears to have traveled about. I thought I would take a chance with the birth record. Thanks again so much!! Bev W -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: middlesex_county_uk <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 9:06 am Subject: [MDX] Bev wrong Cert was Death Certificate/Which registry office please? Hi Bev As we do not know the circumstances no one here can advise you fully about he situation In all the years I have used the GRO for certificates I have never had nything but a helpful response to any enquiry I would suggest you try to make contact again, if it was over the Christmas eriod they have simply been on holiday Letters still work you know, they are not quite obsolete just yet <vbg> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > On the subject of registers.... I recently ordered a birth record for the year of 1839. I was sent a record for someone of the same name born in 1841. Will the GRO correct this? I emailed them immediately but have had no answer. Am I going to have to place an international call? Thanks, Bev W ************************************** end your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** uperfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message