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BrianW

BrianW Report 9 Feb 2021 20:37

If you buy a certificate make sure you do it through the GRO and not a commercial company which will charge £25 for what you can do yourself for about a tenner.

And if it's just the maiden name of a child's mother you need you can get that from the GRO index without actually buying the certificate.

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 4 Feb 2021 22:01

Many old parish entries for marriages don't have much info either - just the spouses' names and possibly an indication of above - but no parents' names.

OPR's on SP are often like that


(Not sure that Steven is looking here for replies.)

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 4 Feb 2021 16:46

A parish entry for a marriage will be very similar to the marriage certificate, but birth and deaths in the parish registers will have very little information.

Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast Report 4 Feb 2021 16:02

Do you need the certificate or the information on it? Depending where and when, there are a lot of registers online at Ancestry. If you post what you are looking for, I'm sure someone on here will be able to help.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 23 Jan 2021 20:23

Ancestry does have some images of marriage records from parish registers.

It depends on area as to what is available on that site.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Jan 2021 19:42

If somebody has the person in their tree on Ancestry, they may have scanned and attached the image of a certificate - you might be lucky.
I woudn't count on it, though.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Steven

Steven Report 23 Jan 2021 18:55

Ok ..thought as much ..it's just sombody I know said she could view the on ancestry..thanks

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 23 Jan 2021 18:49

You can’t view English/Welsh certificates online. You need to buy them from the GRO.

Steven

Steven Report 23 Jan 2021 18:46

Can I view original certificates ifI have the index numbe Eg 8e 996 line193.