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