Birth & Death Certificates by PDF from GRO

[weste]

I had estimated despatch of 24 th.Emailed them on 27 th as I've not heard.Nearly checked the the order history but did n't bother as not received link so am now gonna try after reading some of these comments.

[Essnell]

Hi,    Someone asked what did you actually get.   

i ordered two about 3 weeks ago ; arrived on the Gro sited for down load AOK. 
they are a copy of the full details of the records. 

they are a photocopy of the original - warts and all so dates names birth place or death place and parents   et. 

Essnell   

[Sloe Gin]

Hi,    Someone asked what did you actually get.   

i ordered two about 3 weeks ago ; arrived on the Gro sited for down load AOK. 
they are a copy of the full details of the records. 

they are a photocopy of the original - warts and all so dates names birth place or death place and parents   et. 

To clarify for anyone who does not know (I didn't learn this until I'd been researching for some time):

They are not photocopies of the original documents, which were retained by the local Register Office.
They are photocopies of transcripts sent to the GRO at the time.

So GRO certs do not have the actual signatures of the parties.
And they may contain transcription errors.

[Guy Etchells]

Hi,    Someone asked what did you actually get.   

i ordered two about 3 weeks ago ; arrived on the Gro sited for down load AOK. 
they are a copy of the full details of the records. 

they are a photocopy of the original - warts and all so dates names birth place or death place and parents   et. 

To clarify for anyone who does not know (I didn't learn this until I'd been researching for some time):

They are not photocopies of the original documents, which were retained by the local Register Office.
They are photocopies of transcripts sent to the GRO at the time.

So GRO certs do not have the actual signatures of the parties.
And they may contain transcription errors.

To be pedantic they are not photocopies of anything they are digital copies (scans) of microfilm copies of the transcripts. 
Cheers
Guy