Genealogy Chat

Hi All :-)

Have come back down to earth.

I have certainly learned a lesson & now feel OK with sending of for certificates in the future. I just had one of those days yesterday when nothing seemed to gel & I couldn't see the woods for the trees - I thank you all once again for all your help & p a t i e n c e.

Of course there are good with the bad for any site. Debbie whilst I have had huge success with Scotlandspeople more for the fact that up to a certain point you can download and see instantly & allows me to move on straight away instead of waiting to confirm a family line - I admit I have not as yet had to order a copy for snail mail purposes. 5 weeks is shocking - Agreed that at least 2-3 weeks for the English ones isn't to bad - [especially as I live OS].....hopefully you receive them soon or make a complaint.

Cheers ~ Steve.

Need to vent too!!

A couple of years ago my friend ordered a certificate on my computer. Now every time I go to GRO her name and address comes up and I have to change it. I guess my email is registered to her address and that's fine.

Recently, I ordered a short certificate. I changed the name once again. However, I received a FULL cert sent in my friends name but to my address.

I didn't want a full certificate as I already have it... I specifically wanted the short one to check the wording *shaking head*

Cheers Gerry

I did contact them and they said it should be here by the end of this week so fingers crossed it comes today but not holding my breath, it's so annoying because i'm waiting to find out if my mother in law has brothers she knew nothing about and this will confirm it or not. Thanks Debbie

Update got it today at last and it confirms what i have been looking for well worth the wait

Janet 693215, not certain what you mean when you say Scotlands people is great unless you want an event in the last 100 years. I managed to order an extract of my own 1946 birth certificate successfully.

Debbie, I suppose if you have the details you could always have ordered direct from GROS without going back in to Scotlandspeople or even ordered from the local Registrar, which often results in the extract arriving in just a few days.

But Denis, I don't want to order the full certificate I just would like to see the birth entry for my Nan's brother and sister.
I have to admit I haven't used SP since the days when you had to use your credits in 48 hours.