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   Jenny M Benson to Peter Johnson   
   Re: Ordering Certificate of Marine Birth   
   12 Aug 22 20:18:47   
   
   From: NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 12/08/2022 16:43, Peter Johnson wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I am aware that I could order the DC even though I can't find the   
   details on their site, but it is not the DC that I want, it is the Birth   
   Cert and as it was a Marine Birth there is no volume/page or date more   
   precise than a 25-year range.   
      
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   Jenny M Benson   
   Wrexham, UK   
      
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