Good idea Bob - I have started matching up spouse pairs and adding parents and maiden names after coming across someone else who had done the same - it is a big help. I still check things out against census information, for example, if I can, but it really saves time and money. There is no way I can get all the certificates for several generations where there are 10+ surviving and productive offspring - 10 children each producing about 10 children and minimum 3 certs each; you can all do that sum - thousands of pounds in no time at all. I also correct information on any site that offers me that option, leaving my email if I feel confident that the site is secure, and the entry of sufficient interest to me. I always try to give supporting evidence if I can so that other people can check out my conclusions. Like many of us I have researched a few lines that have ended up not being mine, but I have tried to put this information on freely available websites (like that on Ancestry) so that it is not wasted - and it's then not a complete waste of my time. Chris On 19/10/2007, bob campbell <rcampbell3@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Anyone out there received the odd one or two "wrong" certificates from the > GRO? > Something which I picked up on another list is the value in the future of > placing a "postem" note of up to 250 words > describing basic details shown on the certificate alongside the index > entry > as shown on FreeBMD. For common surnames this may save future researchers > or > eventually self sending for a "wrong one"! > Conversely if a "correct" one for your tree you can add extra information > regarding siblings, parents, age at death etc. + contact e-mail should you > wish contact with a same family researcher. > Sounds like a good idea to me who has had about a dozen "wrong > certificates" over the years. > What do you think? > cheers > Bob