Ordering and paying for BMD (birth, marriage and death) certificates is expensive enough without being ripped off by some websites that offer to order “official” BMD certificates for you.
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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