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From: "Steve Stutcinskas" <>
Subject: RE: [CHS] Certificates
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:57:01 -0000
In-Reply-To: <000e01c5eac9$265e2f80$b39506cf@estherifhyjkei>


John et al, You can certainly ask, and I would recommend that you do ask
, for a photo copy .

When you get a typed or written copy you do get all the info off the
register.
The registrar must by law give you a true copy of what is in his/her
registers.

HOWEVER, sometimes the writing is not all that clear and he/she has to
make a judgement on what they are seeing, and that is where errors can
creep in.

On the other hand some people have been know to be upset by a photo copy
as they cannot make out some word or words and would have preferred the
registrar to make the judgement on what the word(s) were

Personally I prefer to make that judgement myself

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Esther [mailto:]
Sent: 16 November 2005 16:17
To:
Subject: Re: [CHS] Certificates

> Hi Listers, Is it possible to ask for a photo copy of a marriage
certificate and not the hand written type which does not have the street
address of the couple but only the town?.Thank you, John.
>

John, when I write for a certificate, I always include a request in my
letter to send me a photocopy if at all possible. Some register offices
do
not have the equipment, and so they send the hand- or typewritten certs.
Having said that, I have always believed that even the hand- and
typewritten
ones had ALL the information from the original, so if the certificate
you
received does not have the street address, it probably was not on the
original either.

Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia
Esther



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