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Ordering certificates
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Jennifer | Report | 26 Nov 2009 12:57 |
Hi there, I am very new to this game and have found some of my long gone family but keep coming to an end. I have now found my great grandmother and want to get her marriage lines so that I can find out who she married (only know her married surname, not her husbands christian name). Please can someone give me some guidance. I perhaps can us this info to solve other problems I am having. Many thanks in advance |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 26 Nov 2009 13:06 |
To order certs I use the General Register Office (GRO). You can order on line. It will cost £7 per cert. There are some sites out there that will charge you much much more so avoid those like the plague. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 26 Nov 2009 13:07 |
On FreeBMD - if you find the marriage on there - click on the blue number on the right of the listings. That brings up the other people marrying in that place in that quarter so you should be able to spot your chap's full name there. |
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Thelma | Report | 26 Nov 2009 13:57 |
You will get the information from a birth cert. of one of her children. |
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mgnv | Report | 26 Nov 2009 20:38 |
I'm assuming we're talking abt England / Wales here. |
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Jennifer | Report | 27 Nov 2009 14:37 |
Wow, so much info. I have ordered two marriage lines thro' GRO (they cost me 7 quid each) one for my Great Grandmother (her second marriage I hope) and one for her daughter (my grandmother) so I can find our my grandfathers partents and where he was born. He was supposed to be the youngest of 13 and the only boy. You would think it would not be hard to find him eh.. Anyway I am going to have a go at all these other sites people are recommending to me, only trouble is I am not getting much sleep, once you start looking you can't stop. Thank you all for your help. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 28 Nov 2009 12:00 |
Marriage certificates will give the the father's names (if known) of the two parties, but not their mother's names nor will it tell you where any of the parties was born. |
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Jennifer | Report | 28 Nov 2009 22:48 |
Thank you InspectorGreenPen I need to learn so much more. By the way you don't happen to be my FD do you, he writes in green pen lol |