One of the biggest points to note about the current scheme - phase 1 - is that the cost
per PDF is £6 instead of £9.50 for the usual certificate.
Also if you search the GRO's own death indices you will notice that they have the ages
even for those dying before 1866, and for the birth indices they have the mother's
maiden name for those before 1911.
regardsMegan
From: John Ball <john(a)jlb2011.co.uk>
To: Powys List <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, 11 November 2016, 11:59
Subject: [POWYS] Certificates online - GRO Pilot Scheme
Hello Listers,
My attention has just been drawn to the following notice on the GRO
certificate ordering webpage at
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp
PDF Pilot Phase 1
From 9 November, we are trialling emailing PDF copies of registration
records. Records will not be immediately viewable, but emailed as a PDF.
The pilot is in 3 phases, starting with our digitised records:
Births: 1837 – 1934 and 2007 on
Deaths: 1837 – 1957 and 2007 on
Marriages: 2011 on
Civil Partnerships: 2005 on
Full details are in ‘Most Customers Want to Know’
Phase 1 closes on 30 Nov, or when 45,000 PDFs have been ordered, whichever
is sooner. Details of phase 2 (3 hour PDF service) and phase 3 (records not
digitised) will be announced here shortly.
Indexes: The GRO historic birth and death indexes are searchable now, via
our online ordering site.
I checked the ‘Most Customers Want to Know’ link this morning, which goes to
a list of FAQs, but couldn't find any further info on the PDF Pilot scheme.
Kind regards,
John
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