There are definitely copies of certificates kept at local registry offices. I've had copies made by them sent to me. These are certificates that have not made it to the registers at the Family Records Office. Although copies of all registered births, marriages and deaths were supposed to be sent to the Central Registry, this was not always the case and it pays to make enquiries at a local office, providing you have a close date and reasonably accurate details of the person for whose certificate you are requesting. They will not search for you, or at least not more that a couple or so quarters. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:48 PM Subject: RE: [OEL] missing baptisms > >>> >>>David: re. missing baptisms, bear in mind that we only have the index to > the >>>registers. >> >>I am not sure what this means - civil registers of birth, or parish etc >>registers of baptisms - see below. > > > > This was a response to David's earlier email, not adding to what I was > saying about baptisms. > > I meant that we do not have direct access to the certificate collection, > only to the catalogues at the FRC or online indexes. It's not clear how > accurately the latter describe the collection. > > > Michael > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/2006 > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from list mode -- > Send the one word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/2006 > >