****** BREAKING NEWS *******
ONS TO VACATE GROUND FLOOR FRC BY 31 OCTOBER 2007
At the Family Records Centre User Consultative Group Meeting today at the
Family Records Centre (FRC) Myddelton Street, London, the Federation of
Family History Societies representatives (Maureen Bullows and Geoff Riggs)
were extremely disturbed to be informed that the Office for National
Statistics (ONS) will vacate the ground floor at the FRC by 31 October 2007.
From 31 October until the previously announced date of closure, the end of
March 2008, access to the Indexes for Births, Deaths and Marriages will be
on the first floor of the FRC on MICROFICHE only.
Ordering of certificates will be ONLINE only and there will be no provision
for certificate collection.
The ONS and General Register Office (GRO) were left in no doubt by the
unanimous protestations of the Family Records Centre User Consultative
Group.
Full details and a copy of the Public Briefing paper can be found at:
www.ffhs.org.uk/archives/gro/briefing070725.php=========================================================================================
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