GRO (England & Wales): Some birth and death records now have a cheaper £2.50 option "Online view digital images"

[MaureenE]

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There is now a cheaper £2.50 option  "Online view digital images"  available for some, but not all birth and death records. If available, this format is cheaper and faster that a PDF format record, but has the following disadvantages; firstly there are no headings; secondly some images are slanted, or misaligned enough to make some of the information on the entry unreadable or missing entirely, but in this case you may request a refund; thirdly marginal notes, if they are there, are not shown and they can sometimes be very important to see.

https://www.whowhenwheregenealogy.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=750 by AntonyM

I suspect that the records available in this format are those where a pdf format is currently available, and therefore would not include Overseas records. No marriage records are available in this format.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/images/CGOVPublicBeta.pdf GRO Guide, available through the GRO website https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

Maureen

Edited 15 July , 2023 by MaureenE

[MelPack]

Cheers Maureen for the information - this development passed me by.

[KernelPanic]

Thanks, that's very useful! Fast and cheaper than the usual pdf.

I notice that the headers are at the top of the page where the image appears rather than on the image itself, so they are there. Also when I downloaded the certificate the .jpg file would not open as an image file. There was a warning saying that the file was corrupted or was incomplete (Mac OS 12.6). I had to capture it as a screenshot. 

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

Very useful. Thanks.