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Govenment e-petition for a lower cost GRO cert

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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 10 Apr 2012 23:57

Bryan

It's not that I'm too miserable to support the petition. It's just that I have the common sense to know that the main cost of issuing a certificate is not the fact that it is a "certified" copy - but the manpower needed to look up the information, the postal costs, envelope etc. so even an "uncertified" copy would be pretty much the same cost.

I prefer to support petitions that I think have a chance of getting somewhere.

Kath. x

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 10 Apr 2012 17:02

Bryan


we are not obliged to support this or any other petition


It is a free world, and as such we can make up our own minds


without being insulted by anyone for the position we take



Please remove your offensive comment





sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Bryan

Bryan Report 10 Apr 2012 16:51

Kath x thinks this e petition won't go anywhere. Of course it won't if people are too miserable to support it.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 29 Nov 2011 18:35

Nudge up to remind Phil to deal with

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Nov 2011 07:40

thank you, Phil

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

philmoir

philmoir Report 19 Nov 2011 06:45

Just to let you know in advance this thread will be merged with thread on genchat. I will update thread when done and send owner msg

Researching:
I am the former lead developer for the Genes Reunited website team and the former lead developer of the Findmypast Tree team. I do not work for this company anymore. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions. My research areas of interest are East London, North-West Cumbria, North-East Scotland and Edinburgh.

Kense

Kense Report 18 Nov 2011 22:13

It has now been going for over a quarter of a year and has only 4299 signatures. So it's not going to make it.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 18 Nov 2011 20:14

Ok....Souldn't be on this board but for those interested.

Apparently the purchase of certificates, and therefore revenue, went down in the year after the increase in the cost of certs happened.

Mmmm...Not rocket science methinks...Reduce cost, increase sales ;-)

Now if we had Moderators this would be moved to a correct board! ..............So that makes it a suggestion :-D

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 16 Nov 2011 20:12

and it is not a post for SUGGESTIONS, as it is not a suggestion for the improvement of the GR site

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Kense

Kense Report 16 Nov 2011 19:51

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1277313

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1279092

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 Nov 2011 22:56

Been mentioned several times on this site

Will not get anywhere.

Actually should not be posted on this board anyway !!!

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 15 Nov 2011 22:24

This petition (or similar ones) has been doing the rounds for absolutely ages and I'm pretty sure it stands no chance of getting anywhere.

Kath. x

Eugene

Eugene Report 15 Nov 2011 18:39

Under current legislation, the GRO can only "release this information by means of the issue of a paper certified copy Cert of the relevant entry, and payment of the relevant statutory fee for a certified copy." We request that this House enacts legislation to allow the General Register Office of England and Wales the ability to issue "uncertified" research copies of birth, marriage and death certs - with a notice on the copies that they are uncertified, and have no legal authority - and that these may be obtained at a much lower cost than the current £9.25 per cert (eg £2) when ordered on-line and the GRO Index Ref is Provided, and that these may be issued in a electronic (email) format or a plain paper in the same way as The Rep of Ireland; this would enable family historians to buy many certs for their research at a lower cost" In the Republic of Ireland you can ask for an uncertified copy from Roscommon (their version of GRO) for €4.
Govenment Link to sign up:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1792