Further to Merry's Cert fees thread...

[Harrys mum]

Rather than add a question arising from that thread re GRO and local record offices certs, I thought it better to start over...


I'm feeling like an idiot here because I really didn't know this, but I'll use the excuse that I have very little need for any English certs....lol


I bought my great grandfather's birth cert from GRO online. I gave his mother's name as a check. The cert was 1857.

When I got it, his father's name is incorrect. It says Joseph when it should be James. I did ask here at the time and we concluded that maybe it was written as 'Jas' (for James) and transcribed as 'Jos' (for Joesph).

Now......is it possible to get the original to check??????????????

It is from Chelmsford district Essex.

I do have his baptism and that is correct with James as father.

If it's possible how do I go about this from Aus.???

[tinkerbe]

yes you can
here is how to do in essex

Essex County Council - Births, marriages and deaths
and there llist of details here
Essex County Council - Births, marriages and deaths
and i think you say you want a photo stat of the original

[Harrys mum]

Thanks for that.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

You shouldn't have to pay anything if you explain what's happened. You have the date of registration and the name of the subdistrict (you wouldn't know these details if you didn't have the cert) as well as the district, so it should be really easy for them to check the original.

[Harrys mum]

Thanks Merry....

[Anne in Carlisle]

Yes, Bedford Register Office did this for me. I told them what it said on the GRO certificate and asked if they could confirm that, which they did, very quickly!

Anne