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From: "Bob Cunning" <>
Subject: Re: No Response/Trying again ROBERTSON
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:11:46 +1000
References: <NFEBKNGJIFOEHGGFJODJCEFODAAA.eldeworth@ntlworld.com> <005501c48a98$103aaf40$2694fc3e@Davis>


Sorry. that is not correct. I have certificates from 1900 onwards and am
currently expecting more. Just ordered in the normal fashion from ONS.Census
have 100 year block. Cheers, Bob in Australia

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lawrence Greenall" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:03 AM

> <snip>

> Censuses, GRO certificates and parish registers
> all have a 100-year block on them, meaning that they are not availbale for
> the public to browse or consult. The only way you could check a record
less
> than a century old is if the entry concerned yourself (or possibly a
direct
> relative) and you could prove the fact - usually by supplying, for
> verification purposes, the very data that most genealogists would hope to
> discover from the record!
>
>
>

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