Hello I always order mine from the local register office but as I live in England it is easier than if you live abroad. My main reason for ordering from the local office is that you get a copy of the original certificate. From the GRO you only get a copy of a copy. Not all local offices take payment by Credit/Debit Card tho' but Leeds Register Office does so I would always go there wherever I lived. Three days max is the normal delivery time for them but again that is if it is mailed to someone here. A lot of the local offices take credit card payments over the phone but not online. I would never order a marriage certificate from the GRO because you get a copy of a copy whereas if you order from a local office you get a photocopy of the original complete with your ancestors signatures unless, of course, they could not write. Just one more thing - if the certificate that you have applied for is not the right one and does not agree with details you have given you get a FULL refund from the local office. The GRO keeps part of the payment for the search. Just my two penn'orth but I would go local every time. Kind regards Judith K Mary Heppell <heppell2@bigpond.com> wrote: Hello Carol, I order my certs. from the GRO and when I call them you can choose to receive them within a week or choose a cheaper 8 ponds and that takes about two weeks. I usually order the 8 ponds order. I live in Australia. Mary > This may have been discussed before but does anyone know if there are > advantages or disadvantages to request a birth certificate from the local > Registry Office > vs the General Registry Office. > > I have found my grandfather's birth record as well as marriage record in the > Yorkshire area so they would be available through the Leeds Registry > but I am wondering if someone could comment on this. > > Thank you kindly. > > Carol Ann Rigg (Canada) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello I have had many copies of certificates from the local Registry Office, but I would like to point out, that in the case of marriage certificates, it is not always your ancestor's signature. The certificates were copied by the parish clerk & sent to the registry offices, & it could be copies of these that are sent to you. If you look at the signatures on the certificates, you can see that sometimes they are all in the same writing. I have proof of this with one particular certificate, where the surname was spelt wrong. My grandparents just didn't spell their name this way. However an advantage of sending to a local registry office is, they don't send you a certificate if all your details don't match. Thus saving you wasting your money. Regards Brenda p.s. My own marriage certificate is a copy, the only original signatures are that of the two witnesses.

That is a good point Judith, I have often been a bit miffed that I wasn't looking at a copy of the original. Sometimes the person who makes the copy also makes a mistake. I may change for just that reason. Thanks for you two penn'worth Judith, [we usually have two bobs worth down here] Thanks again. Mary > Hello > > I always order mine from the local register office but as I live in England it > is easier than if you live abroad. > > My main reason for ordering from the local office is that you get a copy of > the original certificate. From the GRO you only get a copy of a copy. > > Not all local offices take payment by Credit/Debit Card tho' but Leeds > Register Office does so I would always go there wherever I lived. > > Three days max is the normal delivery time for them but again that is if it is > mailed to someone here. > > A lot of the local offices take credit card payments over the phone but not > online. > > I would never order a marriage certificate from the GRO because you get a copy > of a copy whereas if you order from a local office you get a photocopy of the > original complete with your ancestors signatures unless, of course, they could > not write. > > Just one more thing - if the certificate that you have applied for is not the > right one and does not agree with details you have given you get a FULL refund > from the local office. The GRO keeps part of the payment for the search. > > Just my two penn'orth but I would go local every time. > > Kind regards > > Judith K > > Mary Heppell <heppell2@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hello Carol, > > I order my certs. from the GRO and when I call them you can choose to > receive them within a week or choose a cheaper 8 ponds and that takes about > two weeks. I usually order the 8 ponds order. > > I live in Australia. > > Mary > > > >> This may have been discussed before but does anyone know if there are >> advantages or disadvantages to request a birth certificate from the local >> Registry Office >> vs the General Registry Office. >> >> I have found my grandfather's birth record as well as marriage record in the >> Yorkshire area so they would be available through the Leeds Registry >> but I am wondering if someone could comment on this. >> >> Thank you kindly. >> >> Carol Ann Rigg (Canada) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message