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Searching free bmds on Ancestry
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MarilynB | Report | 28 Dec 2009 19:09 |
When you search for a marriage on Ancestry and it says view others on page, does anyone know if there is a way to be sure which two actually got married, is it the one next to the one you are looking for. |
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Helen in Bucks | Report | 28 Dec 2009 19:40 |
until 1911 when the surname of the bride / groom was listed on the GRO index you cannot be sure which spouse goes with which |
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Thelma | Report | 28 Dec 2009 19:45 |
The normal way pre 1911 is to find the couple in a census after the marriage and with the details like place and year of birth find the wife pre marriage. |
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MarilynB | Report | 28 Dec 2009 20:22 |
Thanks to you all, I will have a look in the next census, I did look in the 1911 but couldnt be sure it was them, but just realised they were marriedin the 1901. I usually search the parish records for aunts, uncles and cousins and just buy the certificates for grandparents. |
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mgnv | Report | 28 Dec 2009 22:48 |
As Helen noted, some local rego offices have their own indices (maybe partially) online. To see which: |
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Battenburg | Report | 29 Dec 2009 02:22 |
Sometimes when you check for others on the same page there can be a name missing. |
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MarilynB | Report | 29 Dec 2009 10:16 |
Thanks for all your help, I found them on the 1901 census, just trying topiece everyone together with marriages and find them on the 1911. |
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Mark | Report | 29 Dec 2009 10:52 |
I always eliminate names first. Say i am looking for the marriage of my 2 x great grandfather Thomas Davis and there's 3 men including him and 3 women and they all married in the qtr of dec 1880. What i do is use the 1881 census to match these people,it also helps if they have middle names. I know my 2 x great granddad married my Ann Greenwood because i was able to use the census to match everyone. |
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Mark | Report | 29 Dec 2009 10:59 |
it doesn't always work,but has worked many times for me,i always use the following census to find who married who. |
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MarilynB | Report | 29 Dec 2009 14:04 |
Thanks Mark, I will try that next time I am stuck |
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