Thank you for your reply. I wish they had just copied ours - we got told they had to keep the originals and that they would be posted back to us within 3 months. I dont know what the correct procedure is anymore. Thomsons have been looking into it for us but confirmed now that they are lost. I might just email the co-ordinator anyway but to be honest ours wasnt much help in the first place. I would ideally contact the Civil registrar place direct but the only websites I can find that look official are in Spanish. Thanks again. Kim