Ordering BMD certificates - cost increasing soon ! (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, January 05, 2019, 00:36 (2151 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

Perhaps no surprise the cost of ordering BMD certificates from the GRO is increasing after 16th February.

"The cost of print certificates will increase from £9.25 to £11, and from £23.40 to £35 for the priority service, which allows delivery on the next working day. The same costs will apply if researchers order the certificate from their local register office.

In October 2017 the GRO introduced a new pilot scheme allowing researchers to order PDF copies of digitised birth and death records for £6 each. Following an estimated 79,600 PDF orders in three months, the scheme was extended indefinitely.

The cost of PDF records will now increase to £7, with priority deliveries available at £45."

Can't for the life of me see why the priority cost of an emailed pdf file is more than a hardcopy printed certificate by overnight post. Unless that's because the pdf method is the most popular one ... hopefully this is a mistake on the part of the WDYTYA? newsletter I copied this text off.

Ah well, better get ordering mine this month !

http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gro-increase-certificate-costs-february...