In preparation for a trip to England and Wales, I've been trying to figure out the GRO and the Family Records Office from their web sites. Perhaps someone can provide some answers to questions that I still have. 1. it seems that any request for records will take 4 days to receive. Do they have any records that can been seen without such a waiting period (ie on the spot)? 2. both offices seem to have the same records for BDM. What differences are there between the offices? 3. How much do the offices charge for copies of records? The cost for online requests were clear (7GBP per record) but I couldn't tell if in-person lookups were the same.