Use GRO certificates

[Ian]

Actually, one of the earlier posters had a great idea which would make this so much easier.

Now, where can I find a good medium or shall I try an upturned wine glass on the table?

Is anybody there??

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

I suppose if we ordered certificates for every marriage etc.....


then the good old GRO would be feeling very chuffed 


research needs to be a good mix of everything...........

off to the library tomorrow to check out their Ancestry

[newbie]

Something I have been concerned with too, buying certificates. I always buy births and marriages and deaths for my ancestors.
but do you buy certificates for your ancestors brothers and sisters, births and marriages...
and do you buy death certificates, ancestors and siblings?
I have a new index, in it I can find the birth dates of my ancestors brothers and sisters, but they are not absolute, I have found the GRO index that I believe to be the correct one, the index then confirms that b ygiving me the information of when the book was compiled, so I have John xxx, GRO March 1876, M.T.  11a  478, (fictional)  the Index,   - John xx, Mothers surname - xxx, District M.T.U, Book from 11 Dec 1875 -  10 Apr 1876, but there may be more than one with the same Mothers surname! especially in Wales with Thomas and Jenkins etc
would you still buy the cert?
newbie

[KathyM]

I try to buy certificates for the siblings where I can find them....

I have discovered through this when the family moved to different houses (within the same town).....a daughter on the 1901 census listed as Rachel (for some reason)...was actually registered as Margaret.....

Another birth certificate gave me the father's army details.....

AND.....one baby was registered almost a year after her birth...so it is wrong to assume that if the child is shown as born in the June quarter, for example, that they were born within the previous three months!

Death certificates have given me unexpected details too.....my great great grandmother shown on every census as 'wife'...was shown on her death certificate as 'a registered midwife'...leading to a whole new area of research.

[newbie]

Thanks Kathy, I have bought some of the siblings, especially where I also found a death for the child, (I bought both) a) to confirm they were from the same family and b) to see why the death occurred, as you say you can gather a lot more evidence on where they lived and occupations from the certificate,
I have just started to buy birth certificates for siblings (who didn't die young) but I'll have to start saving hard because there are so many! then there are their marriages, I see a path to ruin...
newbie

[KathyM]

....but it's worth it !!!

Also...addicitive !

I have started exploring the history of our house...and now have to have certificates for people who lived/died here etc......

[behindthefrogs]

I have the birth and marriage certificates for all my ancestors but only the death certificates where I specifically needed them.  I also have a few siblings' certificates where I needed them to help with the chase.

However I also have a large number of certificates which I have "swapped" with cousins.  It really depends on whether additional certificates are likely to add significantly to your knowledge of the family.  Where a family didn't move around and were a stable family a birth certificate will give you little beyond a more precise date and is hardly worth it.  In other cases there will be a wealth of information.  It is a matter of judgement.

David

[kerryb]

I have a spreadsheet in Excel where I put in the details of all the certificates I would like, for future reference to order.

The other day I counted them all up, currently I have £350 worth that I would like to order!

I don't think so!

Kerry

[Lydart]

Thats a fortnight on the Costa del Something !