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Family history - Your photos

The BBC started a project called the the Nation’s Scrapbook.
Thousands of people from the U.K uploaded photo of their family ancestors and added a small description for everyone to read.
Not long ago the BBC stopped this project which we thought was such a shame.
Well we here at birth-certificate.co.uk loved this idea so much that we [...]

New passport

New passport fees announced

Maintaining passport security and delivering a high quality service to customers is the driving force behind a fee increase of £5.50 for a standard passport, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced today.
Maintaining passport security and delivering a high quality service to customers is the driving [...]

UK identity card image unveiled

The image of the ID card for British citizens was officially unveiled by the Home Secretary today in Manchester and London
The image of the ID card for British citizens was officially unveiled by the Home Secretary today in Manchester and London.
The ID card, which can also be used as a travel document in Europe, was [...]

Understanding the BMD Index

Understanding the BMD index reference number
From 1837 to 1984 the index information for each year is divided into quarters. The quarters are split as follows:

March quarter – events registered in January, February and March
June quarter – April, May and June
September quarter – July, August and September
December quarter – October, November and December

The earliest index is [...]

Death Records Released to Tackle Identity Fraud

Death records are to be released for the first time to stop fraudsters using these identities to commit crime - known as Impersonation of the Deceased fraud (IOD).
Each week vetted organisations, including credit checking agencies, will be sent encrypted files, containing the details of everyone who died in the UK by the General Register Office [...]

Stars Change of name

We recently saw the advert for a well know insurance and banking company, which is changing their name. This advert inspired us to write a short article on stars that change their names.
Change your name today with a deed poll.
The ad asks the question of if I was Richard Starkey, Barry Humphries, Vincent Furnier and [...]

Population Estimates

UK population grows to 60,975,000

The resident population of the UK was 60,975,000 in mid-2007. The average age was 39 years, up from 37 in 1997. Children aged under 16 represented around one in five of the total population, around the same proportion as those of retirement age .
The diagram below is a representation of the [...]