user917826@aol.com wrote: > 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? Did you put GQ in the subject line? You need to do this in order to get a personal response. If you didn't, that may be the reason you haven't had a reply but the GRO is a government department so they may well have been closed from Christmas Eve until yesterday (Tuesday). If your order and the confirmation were correct, then, yes, the GRO will send the correct one but you will have to return the incorrect one. You shouldn't need to phone. I was able to get a wrong cert they'd send me dealt with by email only. They will only do this if the mistake is theirs and not for one made by the applicant :)) In the interim, I'd suggest putting the details of the wrong cert onto FreeBMD as a postem. If you haven't used one before, click on the red info button beside the entry then follow the instructions on the next page. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/