Comments on: General Register Office introduces new charges

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:08:05 +0000

Hello Jean

Looking at the Herts. County Council website, I see that the charge of £15 is for a priority service, although there’s no mention of a non-priority service.

I know that someone wrote to one of the family history magazines fairly recently to ask whether local registrars could add a charge for postage (this was on top of the £7 charge, so it must have been before the increase to £9).

I’m pretty sure the answer was no they couldn’t, but although I’ve been looking through the recent issues of “Practical Family History” and “Family Tree”, I can’t find the query and reply.

I’ll keep looking, but if anyone else out there knows which issue it was of what magazine, then can they please let us know.

Best, Alan

By: Jean Baker

Jean Baker — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:43:11 +0000

I note the Registrar General’s statement that fees, for copy certificates, to be charged by the Local Registration Service are to rise to £9. However when recently completing an application form on line to the Hertfordshire Local Registrar the fee was shown as £15. Thinking this may have been as a marriage certificate was required which, I know, can be more time consuming to find I looked at the cost for a copy birth certificate only to find this alaso was £15. Do you know if Local Registrars can set their own charges and if anybody else has experienced this in other areas?Incidently on my marriage request I was able to quote the quarter and year of the event although not the church/chapel where it took place.