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From: "Jack Earnshaw" <>
Subject: RE: [Lon] Gardner & Bethnal Green
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:29:02 -0000
In-Reply-To: <001601c4df57$ceac8ca0$0202a8c0@HP41692154189>


Iain,

I beg to differ. I have telephoned a registrar on more than one occasion and
they have been very helpful. They may not be obliged to do it, but if you
ask nicely, they may well help. For one query I wanted to know the name of
the informant on a death certificate and they phoned back within 10 minutes
with the answer. Another time I had a name of a child and the mother's name
but no date of birth - just that it was between about 1920 and 1935. The
only thing the registrar wanted was that if she found the entry would I buy
the birth certificate. I had the correct certificate in my hands within 2
hours.

Others may not be so helpful - but if you don't ask, you will never find
out. Always worth asking - nicely.

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Nida Rogers [mailto:]
Sent: 11 December 2004 08:03
To:
Subject: Re: [Lon] Gardner & Bethnal Green


Hello Jack,

This is mis-leading, the Registrar will not "look up the details".
The only way to get the "details" is by purchasing the certificate.
Ron has made this quite clear. HTH.

Best regards,
Iain Rogers, Hong Kong, China


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Earnshaw" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 5:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Lon] Gardner & Bethnal Green



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