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Advice on Visiting a Records Office
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Tetley | Report | 21 Sep 2009 19:00 |
Evening all |
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Sam | Report | 21 Sep 2009 19:10 |
You can't view certificates at Records Offices - certs are held at Regster Offices and even then you can't view without buying them. A Records office will have the GRO indexes available for searching but you would still need to order and pay for the certificate in the usual way. |
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Tetley | Report | 21 Sep 2009 19:31 |
Hi Sam |
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Rachel | Report | 21 Sep 2009 21:36 |
Hi, |
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Wildgoose | Report | 21 Sep 2009 21:49 |
Rachel has covered the Record Office visiting advice very well but I would add one thing. |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 21 Sep 2009 23:41 |
Dear All |
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Kate | Report | 22 Sep 2009 00:33 |
It may also be worth checking whether you can take a notebook in or if you are restricted to loose sheets of paper - I think some record offices are notebook-unfriendly! I take my papers with me in one of those plastic folders with the popper buttons on it. |
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Wildgoose | Report | 22 Sep 2009 08:01 |
Kate - well spotted! I forgot to mention 'pencils' only! Our office sell them with 'Record Office' on the side; I've always wanted one (childish of me!). |
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Fendweller | Report | 22 Sep 2009 10:31 |
I have just booked a tour round the Hertfordshire Archives. I was a bit anxious about going for the first time and then someone told me about the tours. The September one was already fully booked, but I got the last place on the November one - they must be very popular! |
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Angela | Report | 22 Sep 2009 15:48 |
All Record Offices are slightly different - look up the website of the one you're going to. Some are not part of the CARN network so you will need other ID. Some you have to book just to visit, let alone to get a fiche or film reader e.g. Cornwall which is v. tiny. Devon has a box of magnifying glasses - no need to take your own. Essex has a v. helpful announcement over the loudspeaker when the sandwhich van arrives in the car park at lunchtime! Opening days/hours are very variable too. |