Ordering Birth certificates (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, May 06, 2014, 14:42 (3855 days ago) @ lizlochh62

Hi Liz,
many "general" questions such have this have already been asked on the forum, please don't forget to search-out prior posts. Don't forget that as with most search-engines "less is more"; keep to just key words only for best results, eg "ordering certificates" will give more hits than "ordering birth certificates".

eg This old post still appears to have uptodate information and links. Searching the net will show many companies online which you can use to buy certificates, but as far as I know they all have to order from the General Register Office, so altho perhaps offering faster turnrounds they will probably cost more than direct from the GRO.
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=1016

As the post above says, one of the best British-based websites for general (and unbiased) advice such as this is the excellent FreeBMD site. Their help pages also recommend using this site which is very helpfull indeed.
http://www.dixons.clara.co.uk/Certificates/indexbd.htm

Don't forget Civil Registration in Britain "only" started in 1837 so the oldest Certificates/Events you can buy are after that.

Hope this helps, Jeff

Other related prior threads, and more recent, include
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=42876