I ordered some death certs from the GRO which arrived today. I had got the refs from FreeBMD but checked them against the GRO index before I placed my order.
One cert was for Hannah Allen aged 84. I gave her age on the order as requested on the first screen.
I've received a cert for Hannah Allen aged 72!
Having looked at the indexes again, I see there were two ladies with the same name who died in the same Q and were on the same page of the index (1892 Q1 6a 136). The two entries are not next to each other - had they been, I might have noticed and warning bells would have rung!
Soooo........I don't think the GRO check the age at death bit (why do they ask it then?)
I have written them a pleading email mentioning Christmas Goodwill and stuff!
Does anyone know if the best email addy to use is: col.admin@ons.gsi.gov.uk or is there a better one?
One cert was for Hannah Allen aged 84. I gave her age on the order as requested on the first screen.
I've received a cert for Hannah Allen aged 72!
Having looked at the indexes again, I see there were two ladies with the same name who died in the same Q and were on the same page of the index (1892 Q1 6a 136). The two entries are not next to each other - had they been, I might have noticed and warning bells would have rung!
Soooo........I don't think the GRO check the age at death bit (why do they ask it then?)
I have written them a pleading email mentioning Christmas Goodwill and stuff!
Does anyone know if the best email addy to use is: col.admin@ons.gsi.gov.uk or is there a better one?
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