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Offline Jim Murray

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Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« on: Friday 08 July 05 11:01 BST (UK) »
Can anyone advise me how to obtain copies of bmd records at a cheaper rate than through scotlandspeople who charge £10 each.

Thank you.
Jim Murray

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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #1 on: Friday 08 July 05 11:03 BST (UK) »
Can anyone advise me how to obtain copies of bmd records at a cheaper rate than through scotlandspeople who charge £10 each.

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Jim Murray
if you post details I will see if its on BVRI

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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 July 05 11:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the very quick reply, Audrey.

I would be after quite a number: can you tell me about bvri.

One example would be Robert Murray born in Garvock in 1832 to James Murray and Jean (Jane) Christie.

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Jim Murray

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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 July 05 11:28 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the very quick reply, Audrey.

I would be after quite a number: can you tell me about bvri.

One example would be Robert Murray born in Garvock in 1832 to James Murray and Jean (Jane) Christie.

Cheers
Jim Murray
can not find Robert but could this be his father


MURRAY, James   Christening
   Gender:   Male
   Christening Date:   6 Apr 1807   Recorded in:   Drumlithe and Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland
   Father:   James MURRAY
   Mother:   Jean LAMB


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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #4 on: Friday 08 July 05 11:49 BST (UK) »
No connection with my line, I'm afraid.

I've been fairly successful at tracing back to the mid-18th century, but it's the copies of the records that I'm after.

BVRI?

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Jim

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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #5 on: Monday 20 August 07 17:43 BST (UK) »
The BVRI is the British Isles Vital Records Index and can be bought through the LDS Church for US$20.  It might be worthwhile checking to see if there are many records in your relevant County though first, (there are few in mine so I have been deliberating whether to buy a copy) as you may pay your money and find that you don't get as much help as you anticipated.

Anyway, that explains BVRI.  Hope that helped. :)

Kate.

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Re: Births, Marriages and Deaths rcords
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 06 August 09 18:42 BST (UK) »
Can anyone advise me how to obtain copies of bmd records at a cheaper rate than through scotlandspeople who charge £10 each.

Thank you.
Jim Murray

Jim,
You don't need to pay a tenner per certificate.
£6 gets you 30 credits and to download one cert you use up 5 credits for each post 1854 cert. 
When it is an OPR entry you want all you really need for details of full names and dates is the search report page which cost you 1 credit each.

Last time I was in New Register House in Edinburgh it cost me 50p a cert.  I had to pay my train fare there and the researchers entrance fees before that though.  Six quid for thirty credits isn't really an expensive deal.
After all the cost of digitising and indexing has to be covered and not mentioning the cost of storing the orginal source material for those who come along in the future.

Cheers,
Sandy P.
Adam : Criggie : Davidson : Freeman : Jeamie : Lownie : Mackie : Pittendreigh : Ritchie
in Kinneff, Bervie, Benholm & St. Cyrus Parishes