Free copies of PRs from FamilySearch ?

[purplekat]

I put my order in on 13th April and received the records yesterday, so it's taken just under 2 weeks.  How's that for service 

[smudwhisk]

Sorry if my question is silly, but I am french and not familiar with all this...

Are all documents microfilms ? I would like to request a birth certificate of 1869, where can I get all the references required or is this typically the type of act that can't be asked for ?

In advance, thank you for your help ! 

Hi Ministeph

You will not be able to request a copy of a birth certificate from familysearch because they do not have copies of these.  If the person was baptised, they may have a copy of their baptism but it will not include (or is very unlikely to include) the mother's maiden name.  You would need to search for this on familysearch.org.

Unfortunately, if you want to obtain a copy of the birth certificate you will need to order it from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ at the cost of £9.25.  You can order online from France.

The references can be found by searching here - http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Hope this helps.

[zx123]

Sorry if my question is silly, but I am french and not familiar with all this...

Are all documents microfilms ? I would like to request a birth certificate of 1869, where can I get all the references required or is this typically the type of act that can't be asked for ?

In advance, thank you for your help ! 

You cannot get a Birth certificate from the familysearch website.

You can get the references for a UK birth certificate from this website,
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

and you can order a UK birth certificate from this site.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

[Ministeph]

Thank you very much for your kind replies zx123 & smudwhisk ! 

What kind of acts do you ask for then ? And what extra information do you obtain this way compared to what is already on the site ? I mean on a copy of the baptism would I learn anything more than what is written on the site (DOB, Date of batptism, name of parents) ? For instance would I know who the godfather and godmother are ??

[Blue70]

You can get the address of the family and occupation of the father from original images of baptisms. For marriage records you can get addresses, occupations, witnesses' names and signatures of bride and groom. Burial records can sometimes be useful if there's an address on the original but not on the transcript.


Blue

[purplekat]

I think it depends on the dates of the marriages or baptisms, there seems to be less information if the dates are before civil registration. 

For the ones I sent for I didn't find out much extra from what i already knew, except for a Scottish marriage which gave the birth places in Ireland of the couple.  I also noticed a couple of transcription errors.  The marriage date had been given on the transcription as the 31st March, however it turned out that this was the first proclamation date along with 7th and 14th of April.  On another the places the couple were from were the wrong way around on the transcription.

I think they are worth sending for to check information.

This is just my experience, from what I've read on rootschat the information found in early records depends on the minister and some people hit lucky with a record with a good bit of info.

[snooziflooze]

I agree with purplekat, it is very good for double-checking on information you've already got.  I've sent off for several over the past few months, but only one baptism told me anything new.  Now one of the conundrums on my father's side has been un-conundrummed!   

So thank you to those of you on Rootschat who first informed us of this service.

[Ministeph]

Thank you !

[Ministeph]

May I ask you something else ?

This is what I would like to ask for :


Edwin John Blake, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name:    Edwin John Blake
Gender:    Male
Christening Date:    07 Jan 1863
Christening Place:    Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Birth Date:    21 Oct 1862
Birthplace:    
Death Date:    
Name Note:    
Race:    
Father's Name:    William Joseph Blake
Father's Birthplace:    
Father's Age:    
Mother's Name:    Mary Ann
Mother's Birthplace:    
Mother's Age:    
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:    C01677-0
System Origin:    England-EASy
GS Film number:    1937044
Reference ID:    v 1 p 39

How do I fill in the form ??
I have the microfilm number. That's ok

But :
- What is Item Number/Call Number ?
- What is Parish and Volume Number ?
- Registration, page number or item number ??


THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!