From: peter@parksidewood.nospam   
      
   On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:18:34 +0100, Jenny M Benson   
    wrote:   
      
   >I have the "Application for an Overseas Birth Certificate" page at the   
   >GRO site open.  I have given the date of birth as 1849, knowing only   
   >that the child's age was given as 2 on the 1851 Census.  (He died in   
   >1851 but the stupid GRO site does not find the entry and does not allow   
   >me to enter only the date and reference (which I know from FreeBMD) so   
   >cannot confirm age there.  The compulsory fields are Surname, Forename   
   >and GRO Reference but the Index to Marine Deaths only has the date as   
   >1837-1862 and the only reference is "page 154."   
   >   
      
   I've just ordered, in the last month, two certificates from GRO for   
   entries that aren't in their index but with details obtained from   
   other sites.   
   I just went through the links that appear after clicking on 'Place an   
   order', you get to a section headed 'How can the event be identified?'   
   The first item is 'I know the GRO Index Reference'. Fill in the   
   details, including the Volume number and Page number that you got from   
   FreeBMD.   
   I don't know if its relevant that one of mine, a recent death, was   
   ordered on 24 July and only posted yesterday. Two others, ordered at   
   the same time, were posted on 28 July.   
      
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