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Thread: GRO New Functionality
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03-12-2016, 2:10 PM #31
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04-12-2016, 8:42 AM #32
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As we have gained from the past, we owe the future a debt, which we pay by sharing today.
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06-12-2016, 8:08 PM #33
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Hi
As Guy in #32 has said, you do get the info you want but just not on a 'certificate'.
They tell you what registration district it is and then the relevant columns of info you want from them.
But you don't get anything that appears on the certificate underneath, ie "Certified to be a true copy of an entry..... etc, etc, the date they produced the copy or their stamp. And it's black and white.
Not quite so pretty and instantly recognisable as a birth or death certificate on first sight! (Red = Birth, Black = Death)
Hey, ho!
Sue
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06-12-2016, 8:23 PM #34Ken_RGuest
Likewise. I've been watching the development but hadn't got around to registering before today. Even that was complicated because SWMBO had previously registered under the 'old system' some years ago, which caused slight confusion.
Using the MMN listing has enabled me to 'firm up' marriages that I thought were correct, but couldn't be absolutely sure and, in one instance evidenced that I'd got one totally wrong. However, from a couple of the MMN entries I was then able to identify the correct marriage and view it on the Shropshire collection on FMP.
Additionally, what I have noticed is that sometimes the GRO Vol/Page is different to that on FreeBMD/Ancestry. When I have then looked at the original [on FreeBMD], it is the GRO reference that is correct. Perhaps something to bear in mind when ordering Certificates/Copies.
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05-09-2017, 11:57 PM #35
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Peter Calver reports in his latest Lost Cousins newsletter that the GRO are meeting with user representatives on 15th and 18th September 2017, to discuss latest developments.
https://
https://www.lostcousins.com/newslette...17news.htm#GRO
Peter
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08-03-2018, 4:08 PM #36
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Another interesting one. Just received a Death Certificate from a relative and wanted to add a postem to freebmd. The deaths for Q2 1838 Mary COOPER has two possible entries at 'Ashborne(sic)', so I referred to the GRO site. Searching under 'Ashbourne' - produced nothing. The correct entry was found by searching all Mary COOPER deaths in that quarter - the registration district is listed as 'Derby'. This is the second time I have come across a fault with 'Ashborne' - can I presume it was logged as Derby as the relevant 'county' as the old spelling of Ashbourne isn't in the lists on the GRO site....
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08-03-2018, 5:15 PM #37
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It is possible to work out which is the correct entry in FreeBMD by using FreeBMD's additional facilities.
One entry is italicised which means there's something suspicious about it. A quick glance at the original images associated with the two entries shows that the second entry was transcribed from a very poor scan. The first entry was transcribed from a much more legible scan and clearly shows that the one and only death of a Mary Cooper in Ashbo(u)rne was the one at Vol 19 Page 277.
Have you reported the anomaly to GRO?
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08-03-2018, 6:29 PM #38
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Yes I'd presumed that was the entry Peter but wanted to double check it first with the other index.
I have though just made a startling discovery. The death certificate itself states:
Registration District: Derby
Sub registration district: Brassington.
Brassington is a sub district of Ashborne Reg Dist so something seriously amiss! Interesting.....
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08-03-2018, 6:43 PM #39
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The death certificate the GRO send is (allegedly) a copy of what the local registrar sent to the GRO.
Think I would contact the local registrar's office in both Ashbourne and Derby to see which one of them holds the original and to see if they can offer any explanation. You've got the full details - date, name, register entry number, etc - so it's not as if you're asking them to give you any free infornation.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civ...RegOffice2#390
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08-03-2018, 6:54 PM #40
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Weirdly in all these years of genealogy I've only ever had one noticeable query. A relative was issued a Birth Certificate by Ashbourne Office itself with year of birth '1839' on it. A letter to Ashbourne Office prompted a return phone call and an apology confirming the child was born on New Years Day 1838 and not 11 and a half months after his Baptism
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