Sorry if this is a silly question, but I've never had to do it before! I usually order my certs from the GRO but the indexes don't go online until a year or so after the event. If I want to get a copy of a more recent death certificate, can I still order it from the GRO without the reference (even though it costs more) or do I need to order it from the local Register Office?
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Hi Mandy,
I ordered a Death Certificate a fortnight after a death last year from a local Register Office. I didn't have a reference number. I just had to give name, address and d.o.b. and date of death. I ordered it over the phone. This was Gt.Yarmouth Register Office.
I sent a s.a.e. and the certificate was £3.50.
Barbara
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Very recent events are called "non deposited". Basically it means that the records are still current and not archived by the local reg office (not yet deposited in the "archived" records).
The majority of local reg offices supply copies of non deposited records for £3.50 instead of the usual £7.00 charged for a deposited record.http://www.flickr.com/photos/50125734@N06/
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The GRO are not going to supply any more recent indexes to Ancestry, Findmypast, etc. because they are, or were, hoping to have their own online system available one day. They agreed to make microfiches of the most recent indexes available at certain libraries etc around the country in the meantime. I haven't heard anything to say that they've changed their minds about this in the light of their DOVE / MAGPIE project being put into hibernation, so it could be that we don't get online access to the latest indexes for a long time.
I would go via the local register office if I were you.KiteRunner
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As I understand it the records are not archived with the GRO until 18 months after registration.Click here to order your BMD certificates for England and Wales for only £9.25 General Register Office
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