Hi Matt. I've used the GRO and ordered online for ages now and never had any problem. Cost 7GBP, "standard service" in the UK is around 7-14 days depending, I suppose, on demand and hols. Don;t know about purchasinf from abroad. One tip that I did see somewhere that may be handy is to always use just one credit card for all your online transactions - don't "spread the purchases about over several cards". I guess that is so, should there be any payment issues or if you are unfortunate enough to have your card details nicked over the net, you only have the one credit card company to deal with. HTH. Ian Phillpott My family history website: _www.freewebs.com/phillpottdebian/index.htm_ (http://www.freewebs.com/phillpottdebian/index.htm)