John, I'd be happy to sign, but would they only want or count signatures from UK citizens? Some of us live in countries not represented in Parliament. *Katherine Benbow* On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:47 AM, John Ball <john@jlb2011.co.uk> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > My attention has been drawn to the following: > ---------------------------------- > Please would any family historians out there read and consider signing this > petition: > > http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792 > > The idea is to have uncertified copies of certificates for family history > research, which have no legal authority, similar to they do in the Republic > of Ireland. These could be obtained at a much lower fee, the price of £2 > per > certificate is suggested. > -------------------------------- > > The full explanatory text states: > -------------------------------- > Under current legislation, the GRO can only "release this information by > means of the issue of a paper certified copy Cert of the relevant entry, > and > payment of the relevant statutory fee for a certified copy." We request > that > this House enacts legislation to allow the General Register Office of > England and Wales the ability to issue "uncertified" research copies of > birth, marriage and death certs - with a notice on the copies that they are > uncertified, and have no legal authority - and that these may be obtained > at > a much lower cost than the current £9.25 per cert (e.g. £2) when ordered > on-line and the GRO Index Ref is provided, and that these may be issued in > a > electronic (email) format or a plain paper in the same way as The Rep of > Ireland; this would enable family historians to buy many certs for their > research at a lower cost" In the Republic of Ireland you can ask for an > uncertified copy from Roscommon (their version of GRO) for €4. > -------------------------------- > > As I understand it, each e-petition last for up to one year, and a > threshold > of 100,000 signatories has to be reached before the subject becomes > eligible > to be brought before Parliament. > The petition above will close in August and currently has 8447 signatories. > > Kind regards, > > > John > -------------------- > John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk > Website: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/ > Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ > Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ > > Joint Webmaster - Breconshire Local & Family History Society > http://www.blfhs.c.uk/ > GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ > Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message