Genealogy Chat

So, postman's been and no certificate. I do hope they aren't going to keep me waiting for 6 weeks before sending it. And just for the record here's what I'm waiting for. 'Fred' Pearson birth certificate. Parents George Henry PEARSON and Eliza Minetta (GARRARD). They married in 1903 - she remarries as a widow in 1917. There are no Pearson births from 1911 - 1917 with Garrard as mothers maiden name...... Registration district for most things is St Olave's in London. ....

Night night....sleep tight

Oh damn it! gis his name and place of birth...lets have a nose around for him.

and I should add that the only thing I had to get me started was '..... then there's my uncle Fred .....' very helpful intro from my husband. I will lay money on him not being called 'Fred' at all. Lol. Need to go to sleep ... got a busy Monday. Arrgghhh - why doesn't post come at midnight??? Will update this thread when I have something to add! Night all.

Oh! but we do!!!!!....hence my name lol...and yours! Good luck. Do me a favour cos I'm nosey.... Put your findings on this thread when you get em? I hate this hobby, dont you?...lol

Having looked again at ons site I reckon it's £11.50 for the certificate and £6.00 in search fees (£3 per 3 years) so that means they found the birth between 1906 & 1909. Oh! This hobby is so frustrating. I just want the info. now!!!! You've no idea how many hours have been spent trawling indexes, parish records online, family photo albums for clues etc. etc.

I'm not sure Bridie All I know is that when you order on line and if they cant find it, they refund you £4 from the £7. You should see me and my chawwwawawa fight for the letterbox when Mr Postie comes! Good luck hun....dont blame Mr Postie. I love mine at the moment, He's brought me TWO certs in the past week...I love him!....prob hate him next week and set the chawawawa on him lol

Hi Don't have a despatch date as I didn't apply on line for this one as it was a bit of a special search request. The chap I'm looking for is my late father-in-law's half brother who I have been searching for since I started this hobby 2 years ago. Do they debit your card on the day they post out their findings? If so I will beat our alsation to the postman in the morning, lol.

Whats the despatch date?...lets join you in the excitment! £17.50??? seems an awful lot!

I am too impatient to wait for the post!!!! 28th Sept my bank account shows a payment of £17.50 to O.N.S. This can only be for a search & hopefully certificate I posted off for about a week ago. I am looking for a male birth where I know both parents names and have previously trawled every bmd index available (as have others). My time scale for this birth is 1903 -1911 and I'm relatively sure it will be in London. So, £17.50. Does that mean they've found the one I'm looking for and my certificate is in the post??? Please, someone, tell me it does mean that .... it's so exciting!!