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''Tip for Marriages: If your ancestors married in the Anglican church after 1837, there is no need to pay £9.25, as the Church marriage register will be an exact duplicate of the civil marriage.''  
''Tip for Marriages: If your ancestors married in the Anglican church after 1837, there is no need to pay £9.25, as the Church marriage register will be an exact duplicate of the civil marriage.''  


Civil registration certificates are closed to the public. The only way to obtain one is to order a copy from the Register General Office for England and Wales. You may order through the Internet, telephone or post. The quickest way is to order online, quoting the full reference. ''You should also take care to order only through the official GRO site, and not through any other site, which will often charge more, and take longer.''
Civil registration certificates are closed to the public. The only way to obtain one is to order a copy from the General Register Office or a local register office. You may order through the Internet, telephone or post. The quickest way is to order online from the GRO, quoting the full reference. Full reference includes the type of certificate requested, individual's name, registration district, quarter, year, volume and page number from the indexes.  


The current price of a certificate is £9.25 pounds sterling with Full Reference. There is currently a trial for ordering digital PDF copies of the certificates for £6.00. Full Reference includes the type of certificate requested, individual's name, registration district, quarter, year, volume and page number from the indexes. For more information, see their web site at:  
The price of a certificate varies depending on the format requested. Some are available as online digital images--others are only available via paper copy. For more information, see the GRO web site at:  


*[https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate Certificate Ordering Service]
*[https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate Certificate Ordering Service]
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