Hi all seasons greetings, just been catching up with old mail and noticed the reply to someone trying to purchase a certificate from abroad, does anyone realise how expensive it is to get a bank to draft a cheque for seven pounds in sterling from abroad ? ,the answer is obviously not. I would suggest that no one in their right mind would try,as the expense will, out cost the small amount.If you wish to purchase a certificate listed via its BMD reference and the local register office does accept credit cards,then do not waste you money in giving them the business.Purchase it direct from the General Register Office who do accept credit cards .http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ as was mentioned in the last email regarding this issue. After you have purchased it ,please email the local council that is responsible for the registry office concerned.And complain preferably to the local councillors and ask them as to why they are not doing there civic duty in making sure that their local registry office is available to all and why it will lose revenue due to its obvious current financial mismanagement.I did the same to Herefordshire and they now accept credit cards.All councils in the UK take payment for everything from parking tickets to council tax via credit cards so it not difficult for any registry office to do the same in this day and age. Best regards Adam of the Hargest/Hergest & Bindoff One-Name Studies registered with the Guild of One Name Studies 4334 See below http://www.one-name.org/profiles/hargest.html and Member of the Society of Genealogist's number 033515