Genealogy Chat

I need to see the parish register entry for a marriage that took place at Preston in 1915. I've just looked at Genuki and there are lots of C of E churches in the town, most of which existed in 1915!! How can I tell which church would be described, ''The Parish Church in the Parish of Preston, Lancaster''?? - Merry x

Thanks Yvonne and Suzanne - I'll see what I can find out! Merry

There is an OPC Lancashire just started ,a few parishes have been done,just a few,mind.

hows this for efficiency,got an email address for OPC Preston-suggest picking their brains.........auricula(A T ) btinternet(.)com I take it you know the bracket thingy--wouldnt accept the letters at or symbol even in brackets!!!

Thanks Alter - An email will be waiting for them in a few mins!! Update - email sent to OPC Sunday 11th, 10.18am!! Merry

Who is the officiating minister? If it's the vicar, then he ought to be in Crockfords. It ought to be the case that 'the parish church' is the most ancient church and others are 'the parish church of All Hallows' etc, but some ministers think that everyone is bound to know what they mean!

Thanks for the last few replies. The officiating minister was H S Butler (nice of him to give us his first names, I don't think!!) I tried Genuki but that just made me more confused! I have given the name of the minister to the OPC at Preston in the hope they know where he was the Vicar. Why isn't the OPC at his/her computer on a Sunday - I think it is very remiss lol Merry

Contacts for the Parish are listed below. The Parish of Preston The Parish Office, St. John's Minster Church Street Preston, Lancashire PR1 3BT Phone: 01772 901313 Fax: 01772 901315 Email Address: pcc at prestonparish . plus . com St. Georges Church Chapel Yard Friargate Preston Lancashire PR1 2NP Churchwardens Mr Ronnie Watson Mrs Judy Royan Mrs Sue Taylor Mrs Margaret Warwick-Nelson Mrs Kath Davenport Mrs Denise Warlow This church is now a Minster. Upgraded a couple or so years ago. Take out the spaces in the e-mail addyy!! Margaret

Doh, Thanks Margaret, I'll give the OPC a few days to tell me the answers and if that doesn't work, I'll try the above, Thanks a lot! Merry

Thats OK. I live there so knew what I was looking for!! But I have searched the Diocesen site and it doesn't give the name of the Minister. By the way, it is a Grade 11 listed building and very beautiful! Hope you get a result. Margaret

Trust my gran to marry somewhere posh!! I'm trying to find out if she had her bigamous marriage made void!! (it was the man who was already wed, not her!) What fun! Merry

MMM - The Lancashire Records Office (Lancashire County Council) are very helpful, their website address is: www(.)lancashire(.)gov(.)uk/education/lro/records/folk2(.)asp If you know the date of the marriage they can usually provide a copy of the marriage register. The fee is 2-50 per copy. Lancashire Record Office Bow Lane PRESTON Lancashire PR1 2RE UK Tel: 01772 533039 Fax: 01772 533050 Email: record(.)office@ed(.)lancscc(.)gov(.)uk

Hi Merry, This is an afterthought, I have lots of them!! lol Have you tried the Lancashire Records Office in Preston. They should have the marriage records for that time. Telephone 01772 263039. I see someone has got there before me with e-mail addy!! Margaret

Sorry to butt in here everybody, but I have insider knowledge of Merry's quest (smirk) and she really needs to see the ORIGINAL record, in other words, either the actual Church Register or a film of it. Lancs Records Office, in my recent experience, are sooooo slooooow that Merry will be drawing her pension before they get round to it. I am off to the LDS site to see (A) Which really is the parish church and (B) Whether the LDS have filmed up to the relevant years. Back later! Olde Crone

OK, I'm back, somewhat crestfallen. The Parish Church of the Parish of Preston has been partly filmed by the LDS, but only upto 1819. There is also no clue to what the Church is actually called. But blimey! The LDS seem to have filmed just about every Church in Preston, including the RCs, the Quakers,and the Countess of Huntingdon's Church!And lots of non-Church records too, including Court Records, Merry..... Going to my pit now. Olde Crone

Thank you everyone for your imput!! Olde Crone is right (as usual!!) I need to see the original record - I already have a copy of the cert from the GRO..... Need to see if the original says, ''This marriage void, due to previous marriage of Mr X being still valid'' or something worded much better than that (I am actually still asleep!) Merry

St. John the Evangelist is the Parish Church of Cof E. Now a Minster. There is also St. Wilfred's Parish Church which is RC. Those are the two main 'Parish churches' as far as I know, so it will depend on which religion these two people were. Do you have an address on your certificate, if so, that may give a clue as to which area their church was in. Post it and I will have a look for you Merry. Margaret. Margaret

Hello Margaret! Thank you for your kind offer...... Well, grans address of ''Twickenham, Middlesex'' won't help much, but MAYBE the groom's address of ''Fullwood Barracks'' might give a clue?? Merry

I have copies of early maps of Preston and the Parish Church is refered to and it is St John. jan

Thank you Janice..... Merry