In this guide
  1. The set does not age
  2. Events and states behave differently
  3. Refresh the source, not the text
  4. Cost and timing

The set does not age

Georgian is the language required for documents used in Georgia, and the translated pages record what your source said when they were written. That does not fade. A signed statement of accuracy is a claim about two pieces of paper, and it holds for as long as both exist unchanged. Treating the set as perishable leads people to redo work that was already finished.

Events and states behave differently

Split your papers in two. Some record a single event, and once written they never move. Others describe how things stand at the moment of issue, and those can be overtaken quietly, without anything arriving in the post to warn you. Only the second kind needs looking at again before you commit to a deadline, and it is a short list for most people.

Refresh the source, not the text

When something has changed, the repair is a current document rather than an edit to old translated pages. For a birth, marriage or death record, Manchester Register Office at Heron House, 47 Lloyd Street, Manchester M2 5LE issues fresh certified copies of civil records, printed as they stand today. A new source produces a new set, and the two remain separately dated and separately true.

Cost and timing

Work is charged at £25 for each page of the source, counted before it begins, so an unexpected extra sheet never changes an agreed figure quietly. Standard turnaround is 2–3 business days from a legible scan, and 24 hours is available where a date is fixed. Checking the source is current first avoids paying for a set you then supersede.