How to order BMD (birth, marriage and death) certificates from the official providers. Don’t overpay; some websites offer to order “official” BMD certificates at inflated prices.
All they are doing is ordering them on your behalf while, often, charging through the nose. Ordering a certificate in England & Wales will cost you no more than £9.25 from the GRO, but this website http://www.bmd-certificates.co.uk/ is currently charging £25 for ordering certificates.
Below are some links of where to order birth, death or marriage certificates without paying any surcharges.
- General Register Office for England and Wales online ordering service current price £11.00
- General Register Office for Scotland ordering service
- General Register Office for Ireland ordering service current price €20.00 plus postage
- General Register Office Northern Ireland ordering service current price £15.00
- Isle of Man General Registry ordering service current price £11
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