This might be of interest to members/listers ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charani via <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Date: 6 February 2015 at 15:21 Subject: [B&D] Fwd: FFHS-NEWS GRO - amendment o the Deregulation Bill relating to certificates To: B+D <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Cautiously optimistic! :) -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: FFHS-NEWS GRO - amendment o the Deregulation Bill relating to certificates Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:55:38 -0500 From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies The Society of Genealogists is delighted to announce that the Government has accepted an amendment to the Deregulation Bill currently going before the House of Lords that allows for the publication of information from Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates in England and Wales to be issued otherwise than in the form of a certified copy. This is something the SoG has long campaigned for and is grateful to Baroness Scott of Needham Market, herself an enthusiastic genealogist, who suggested to Government that this deregulation is possible. More information can be found on their website http://www.sog.org.uk/news/article/gro-information-on-births-marriages-and-death-doesnt-have-to-on-expensive-c (with thanks to Malcolm Austen, Oxfordshire FHS) Beryl Evans FFHS Archives Liaison Officer ************************************** Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames only in CAPS. List Admin can be contacted at: BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-admin@rootsweb.com The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=bristol_and_district ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message