birth certificates

[eryka91]

Hello roots chatters,

I have had great success with people helping me before.

I wish to get copies of birth, and death certificates from england and scotland, but at a reasonable cost ( the pound to aussie dollar is not nice). I was using the "certificate man" but can no longer find his details.
I really only need a scan, biut the hard copy is nice.

Eryka Australia

[aghadowey]

Scottish certificates are available on Scotland's People website (depending on the dates- see their website for what information's on Scottish certificates, dates overed and how to order them).

[Keziahemm]

English certificates are available to order from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
They cost £7.00 each, don't know what the exchange rate is 

Susan 

[eryka91]

7 pounds is a bargin I paid 25 pound for the last one.

[tarnee]

l just ordered one in march from Australia conversion $15.60

Jean

[jeenie]

I don't know where you are based, Eryka, but if you are eg a member of the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society you can get an overseas cheque from them - and $15-60 is less than 1/2 the cost of a SA Certificate !

Have you tried the 'services' of findmypast ?   You can get a 50-credit Voucher from the Genealogy Society of Victoria Inc for $A16-50, and this should be cheaper if you paid direct over the Internet, the current exchange rate being around £0-45 per $A, and Bank Corrency Conversion Fees probably in the vicinity of 33 cents.

Cost of direct Internet Purchase of £6 worth of credits from ScotlandsPeople in March has been between $A13-01 and $A13-25 (+ CC Fees).

freebdm will (also) help you track down who you are looking for.      

[stanmapstone]

7 pounds is a bargin I paid 25 pound for the last one.

You have been misled Seven Pounds is the official price if you know the GRO Reference.

Fom Which? magazine January 2006"The government has warned people to use only official websites to buy replacement birth certificates. The General Register Office put out the alert on hearing complaints about www.gov-certificates.co.uk and other sites..... The company based in France....."
The General Register Office sells certificates from £7.
http://www.col.statistics.gov.uk/

Stan

[Keziahemm]

Hello Eryka, didn't mean to mislead you over the cost of certificates, I shouldn't have presumed you would know the GR0 reference 

As Jeenie said freebmd will help in finding the reference, not all registers have been transcribed as yet.  The full BMD index is on  findmypast and Ancestry. (Ancestry also has partial freebmd index)

If you don't know the GRO Reference then the cost for standard delivery is £10.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/


Susan 

[jeenie]

Quote from: erika91 on Tuesday 01 April 08 23:01 BST (UK)

I wish to get copies of birth, and death certificates from England and Scotland, but at a reasonable cost . . .

To get back to Erika's original query, apparently non-members can obtain ENG/WLS BDM certificates through the afore mentioned SAGHS for $28, and Wills and Admons for $21; and SCT BDM certificates, photocopies over 100 yrs old for $20, handwritten transcripts $16, and certified copies $37.

No doubt (?) the respective Genealogy Societies in other (Aus) States have a similar service.