Genealogy Chat

Wow,you guys have been busy.so what you are thinking is that my Grandmother Rose (or Rosa) perks married first a man name Wright in 1908 and then married William Bennett (my Grandfather) in 1932 the year my father was born.
Rosa died in 1936 which actually ties with what I think I know.
Is there any way that I can view a birth certificate before I buy a copy as this is becoming quite expensive.
Thanks all for your help and keep it coming, i can't thank you enough.
Paul

There is no way you can see what's on a cert before you buy it. However, the info on a marr cert is identical to the parish register (if the marr took place in a church), and you can view parish registers, although they record baptisms not births, and burial services, not deaths. Older registers are usually found at the county records office, but I don't know that in this specific case.

You can buy certs from the GRO or the local RO. Sometimes the local ROs are more helpful over the phone.

http://www.bmsgh.org/staffsbmd/sitemap.html

There is no online entry for the 1908 marr to Wm Wright, but none of the non-conformist Burton on T churches have been indexed yet, nor have any births.

Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1932
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
BENNETT William WRIGHT Rosa Burton-upon-Trent East Staffordshire B1RO/54/070.
Civil Marriages
Registration District Start of Marriages End of Marriages Registers at Code Years Indexed
Burton-upon-Trent 1837 East Staffordshire B1RO 1837-1936

[Looks like a registers office marriage to me, although it could be an RC marr]

East Staffs Register office
57-60 High Street
Burton on Trent
Staffs
DE14 1JS
UK
Telephone 01283 538701

Andy
Can you tell me where you found the entry for Rosa Bennett's death in 1936?

I want to thank you all, Andy, Heidi, MGNV, Ozibird, Jill, Christine and anybody I may have missed.

Great news...I was today contacted by a long lost cousin and now begins the task of catching up with dozens of relatives on my father's side that I never knew existed.

Thanks to you all again
Paul