Brad Rogers wrote: > I start to get irate. Which doesn't do me any favours normally. > Although, on one occasion (not genealogy related) I was asked to leave > the govt. dept. I said they'd better telephone the police, as I had no > intention of leaving until they'd satisfied my demands. Miraculously, a > person, and time, became available within minutes. The fact that that proves they *can* do it is what makes me cross. Since they knew they *could* help but were, essentially, being lazy, they should have done so in the first place and prevented a lot of unnecessary ill feeling and antagonism. > Finding somebody with sufficient "clout". It just takes a phone call to the GRO in Southport to explain what's happened and they get the "appropriate person" to make a call to the register office explaining their duties and responsibilities. The GRO call back with the name of the person to ask for at said register office. > I knew you'd had issues with one of the London offices, but couldn't > remember which one. It's in GenBrit - about 4 years ago I think, maybe longer. I've been asleep since then >> I have my suspicions. > > I'm sure you do. :-) They're probably well founded too :) One day I'll make an appt and go through the registers myself, which is possible just to find out. It's just a gut feeling a particular child is NOT a biological member of the family. I've never found her birth registration and Judy Lester very kindly had a search through the parish registers for me and couldn't find her either. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:47:36 +0100 Charani <charani.b@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Charani, > The fact that that proves they *can* do it is what makes me cross. > Since they knew they *could* help but were, essentially, being lazy, > they should have done so in the first place and prevented a lot of > unnecessary ill feeling and antagonism. My feelings exactly. > It just takes a phone call to the GRO in Southport to explain what's > happened and they get the "appropriate person" to make a call to the > register office explaining their duties and responsibilities. The GRO Duly noted for future reference. > call back with the name of the person to ask for at said register > office. Even better! :-) > > I knew you'd had issues with one of the London offices, but couldn't > > remember which one. > It's in GenBrit - about 4 years ago I think, maybe longer. I've been > asleep since then :-)) I've been dozing there myself. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" If you ain't sticking your knives in me, you will be eventually Monsoon - Robbie Williams