Trying 2 trace a family tree which web site can I view birth certificates without having to pay?

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Trying 2 trace a family tree which web site can I view birth certificates without having to pay?

Answer 1

You cannot - it is that simple

you can track down the birth on

findmypast.com

to the qtr using their index but it caosts about 10p per page to view

then you have to send for a copy of the certificate you want from the relevant regisdter off ice and it costs about £7.50 including the postage (and it is hard luck if you have ordered the wrong one).

Answer 2

Here in the UK this information isn't available on line to  the general public. The most up to date BMD site is www.ancestry.co.uk they have records available up to 31st December 2005. Free BMD only have partial records. You can purchase pay per view vouchers for ancestry.co.uk , or you can ask for someone on the forum to do a look up for you.

You can also order certificates from the GRO, but you do need to find the GRO  numbers from the index entry for the relevant certificate. These are called the Volume and  Page number, you don't need these numbers for an order from the the register office.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

The price for a certificate from the GRO is £7:00 if ordered on line, for a phone order £8:50 and the register office charges £7:00 as well. You can order a shorter version I think they cost £5:50, I myself prefer the full certificate.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Unless you put it in your question, we can't tell what country you are in. It is the most frustrating thing Yahoo does. It doesn't matter if you go into domestic Yahoo or one of the International Yahoos - UK, Australia, Canada, India . . . - all of the questions in English go into one big "pot". I'm in California, for instance.

Here is one site:

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.a...

It is for selected counties in West Virginia. It says:

Currently, birth records are available for the following counties and years.  Check back often as we continue to add more.

Braxton: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1907

Cabell: 1853 - 1854, 1856, 1865, 1867, 1869 - 1907

Calhoun: 1855 - 1858, 1863, 1865 - 1932

Gilmer: 1853 - 1859, 1861 - 1932

Grant: 1859, 1865 - 1907

Greenbrier: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1907

Hardy: 1853 - 1860, 1866 - 1871, 1874 - 1932

Harrison: 1853 - 1862, 1864 - 1928

Jefferson: 1853 - 1860, 1866 - 1907

Lewis: 1853 - 1907

Logan: 1811, 1825, 1872 - 1907

Marshall: 1820, 1853 - 1907

Mineral: 1865 - 1932

Mingo: 1900, 1902 - 1907

Pendleton: 1853 - 1862, 1866 - 1879, 1881 - 1903, 1905 - 1930

Wood: 1853 - 1862, 1864 - 1907

So, if your individuals are in West Virginia, go for it!

You'll find other sites like this all over the Internet. There isn't one big world-wide "Birth-Certificate.com". There isn't one for the USA or UK or Canada either.

Answer 4

The Dept. of Vital Statistics of each state keeps birth records.  For them, to provide copies of birth certificates is a revenue-generating opportunity.  They will not release birth certificates for free.  You can't even get your own for free.  AND, to even get one when you do pay for it, you have to show that the person of whose birth certificate you are requesting is either you, a direct ancestor of yours or a direct descendant of yours.  You cannot get birth certificates of your cousins, uncles, aunts, great-grandfather's brother's wife, etc.  And, when you get one that is not yours, it will be an unofficial copy so it cannot be used for identity theft and fraud purposes.  You have to request it for "genealogical purposes".

Answer 5

You do have to pay to view any records on line and order certificates for which there is also a charge. Take a look at

http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk which is a BMD (births, deaths, marriages) site. They do a subscription of £5 for 3 months research and you will get about 50 credits. Good luck.

Answer 6

Your question is on the All Engish Speaking board. So I am answering as if you are in the U.S.

                                                          No.  Some sites like Ancestry.Com has indexes to some Birth records.  Ancestry.Com is not free but your public library might have a subscription to it.

In the U.S., each state has its own laws about who, when and where a person can obtain vital records on another.  In many states birth and death certificates were not issued until the first part of the 20th century.

Once they started, a lot of people who were born at home or died at home did not get recorded.  

In Texas they started in 1903.  If you are not immediate family you cannot get a birth certificate on another until 75 years after they were born.  It use to be 50 years but due to identity theft, states have clamped down.  You can get a death certificate 25 years after a person died if you are not immediate family.  You have to send them a copy of your driver's license when you request the certificates.

Edit: It looks like a troller went through and thumbed down everybody.  Oh well, some people are hard up for fun.

Answer 7

You have to buy copies to view the full birth certificate from any site. However you can view birth entries on www.freebmd.org between certain years.