Forum: Certificates - Births, Marriages and Deaths in the UK

Hello all, I recently discovered an ancestor was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1853 according to her Death Certificate (thanks to Kath and Nicolina who helped me with that!). Her name is Helen Thomson, her parents William Thomson and Helen Muir married 1847 Glasgow. Could someone please let me know...

A number of years ago I received a death certificate for Peter Hibbert who drowned in Pendleton, Salford district, Lancashire on 25 Jul 1852. Today I found a newspaper reference to the inquest in a Manchester newspaper - his body was recovered the same day, however on the death certificate the...

I am getting a little 'cheesed off' with the GRO. Last year I ordered a certificate. It didn't arrive. I contacted the GRO 21 days after it was supposed to be dispatched and they said "we are not responsible for the poor mail delivery between England and Canada. Wait a while and then contact us...

I've always bought my certificates from the GRO and never questioned the process, but today I realise that I don't really understand how the process of getting the information from the local to the general register office, then to people like me, really works. I suppose I assumed that the...

I am aware that the answer to this question is probably "It all depends........." but I'll ask anyway: A friend of mine is tracing her maternal ancestors to see if there is any history of breast cancer. She has found her great grandmother's death in 1900 in Carlisle, Cumberland. If g...

Hello all, I'm about to order a birth certificate, which I've done many times in the past, but for the first time the page number on the index has been amended by hand. It happens regularly, I know, but the first time to me. I order my certificates through the GRO - do I order with the...

from the GRO. This request leads on from other members posting helpful information in relation to obtaining Birth Certs, hence the question. I'm trying to narrow down the Death for a William Reeves, who probably died in Birmingham prior to 1851. I can find his wife. 1851- HO107, 2058, 510,...

Please need help with a check into Ance*** * com with the following Reginald H Pearce married Eleanor Rotheram Sept 1940 Poole Dorset. ( Ref 5a 1197 ) I am trying to establish the ages ( d.o.b ) and the parents names before I obtain a certificate. Thanks for any help.. Regards George

Hi there, I am trying to find a marriage Certificate of John Aitken and Ann Smith from Duddingston. Searching on the Scotlands People website i have managed to find the Banns 9/8/1845 but I am not able to find the marriage certificate. Is this unusual? Would the banns be read at the same church as...

I have been looking for the marriage in 1896 of the above lady and found her in the Apr-Jun q.1896 in Helston Ancestry has her transcribed as marrying either Edwin Dally or Francis Jenkin - vol. 5c. page 261 Not finding her with either in 1901 on census, I also checked for Immigration as...

I have traced my tree back to my g g g grandparents and have recently obtained their marriage certificate (1848) the disappointing thing is neither seemed to know their fathers names! or place of birth (other than Lincolnshire) I have checked the original register at Lincs Archives and the entry...

The following is an extract from an email sent by the Federation of Family History Societies which is self explanatory: The main public facing telephone number for the General Register Office (GRO) will be changing from 5 January 2012. From that date, GRO will cease to publish the current 0845...