Thank you, Brad, for that clarification - most helpful. Does anyone know what would have happened to the original registers? Were they disposed of locally - i.e. to local museums, county records offices, etc.? Christine Jackson SFHG 397 --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote: From: Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> Subject: Re: [SFHG] Fw: Re missing cert GQ To: "Sussex FHG" <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Received: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 9:35 AM On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:34:45 +1000 "Joe Austen" <austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au> wrote: Hello Joe, > opinion of who filled out the form and I now think that the Registrar > did the lot including the fathers signature, but Since you got the cert from the GRO, all you'll see is the clerk's writing. It is, after all, a transcription of papers sent to the GRO from the regional Register Office. Which themselves, are transcriptions of the original registers. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:28:22 -0700 (PDT) Christine Jackson <jackson_cf@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello Christine, > Thank you, Brad, for that clarification - most helpful. You're welcome. It surprises me, sometimes, that people aren't aware the GRO versions do not have original signatures. > Does anyone know what would have happened to the original registers? > Were they disposed of locally - i.e. to local museums, county records > offices, etc.? As they're required to be available for the production of copy certificates, the Register Office has to keep them. Disposal, of any sort, isn't allowed. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Is she really going out with him? New Rose - The Damned