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Sandra

Sandra Report 24 Jan 2017 14:32

If I go onto Scottish people I can buy credits to look at a copy of family birth,death and marriage certificates ,we cannot do this for England and wales though on Genes reunited or Ancestry,do you know why and will this become available in the future .regards Sandra

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Jan 2017 15:06

Scottish records are held by the NRS ( National Records of Scotland), a department of the Scottish government, and formerly known as the General Register Office for Scotland.

Scotlands People is run directly by the NRS.

English and Welsh records are under the control of the GRO in England, a completely separate body.

Each has its own rules and regulations, and it's up to them what records, and to what extent, they make available to the public via websites such as Ancestry, GR, etc.

Ancestry, GR, etc, are not government-run.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Sandra

Sandra Report 24 Jan 2017 15:13

Thank you ArgyllGran for the info,I wondered why it was different , it would have been great if we could do the same as Scotland to check on unsure marriages etc,and a lot cheaper to buy credits for a peep instead of buying the certificates as they work out expensive regards Sandra

mgnv

mgnv Report 26 Jan 2017 19:22

Sandra - the GRO handles completed official church marr registers differently from GROS. The GRO deposits these in some public archive, typically the local records office. Some of these are online with either Ancestry or FMP/GR - some are free via FS - some archives operate their own pay to view schemes - like SEAX (Essex).

Sandra

Sandra Report 28 Jan 2017 15:09

Thank you for the info mgnv ,not sure what the FS stands for though ...

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Jan 2017 16:57

FS means familysearch.org, which is a free site.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

mgnv

mgnv Report 29 Jan 2017 17:08

Check out:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND

Carol

Carol Report 30 Jan 2017 12:51

The GRO are now offering a PDF service where they send a link by email within 3 hours. But they charge £45 per item for the privilege.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp