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Thanks guys for reading this message... A friend of mine who lives in New-Zealand ordered his Grandparents Marriage Cert through GRO and paid for it on line....GRO emailed my friend back and said no marriage was to be found...Strange I thought as it was me who found the marriage on freebmd...Here is what I found..



Marriages Mar 1890

DAVISON Frederick Edward Mile End 1c 672

Phillips Emily Mile End 1c 672



My friends Grandparents above marriage.. No GRO informed my friend.. No marriage found. I have now been informed that GRO uses marriages from Find My Past so if anyone has find mu past can they help please. I have found my friends Grandparents on the Census for 1891 and 1901 Mile End..

Thankyou so very much.

Marion

Without knowing what your friend ordered exactly , perhaps he made a spelling mistake ? I would phone GRO and see what they can do.

Edit just looked at the originals on ancestry and 1c 672 is correct.
I've been tripped up by putting an upper case letter instead of lower by accident, GRO are really picky sometimes !

They might have been looking in the wrong place - would advise you to ring or email them with the reference.
It is just possible that your relative has clicked one wrong thing - have done this myself.
Jan

strange

Might be a silly question but did your friend put the correct number's in


Name: Emily Phillips
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Mile End Old Town
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 672


Name: Frederick Edward Davison
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Mile End Old Town
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 672

Deb K

Thankyou for your replies..Much appreciated.. I will keep my friends name private but will add part of the email GRO sent..




Marriag certificate : Fredrick Davison & Emily Phillips 1890 1C 672 Mile
End Old Town

We have not produced a certificate as there is no trace of the above
mentioned persons at the reference you quoted.

The fee for checking the reference you quoted is £3.00. Your refund of
£4.00 will be credited to your account by World Pay.




Regards Marion in Sydney

Hi Marion

I had a look at the original on Ancestry and the ref is correct I would send them a email as your friend has given the correct infomation.

How frustrating

Good Luck

Deb K

I have since contacted another friend in England who telephoned GRO re this matter gave ref no,s and so on..My friend was told exactly the same thing...No marriage to be found for Frederick and Emily.. I live in Australia and my friend who ordered the Marriage Cert lives in New-Zealand..
Getting late here so will check in tomorrow..

Marion

Sorry guys and gals,
This is what GRO told my friend who telephoned them..My friend spoke to a lady and........




they do not have anyone by those names in that quarter in 1890.She said ancestry is sometimes wrong as they have been copied.She said try and find it on Find My Past as that is what they use and they are correct.


Goodnight

Just looked at that email could that C have been upper case instead of lower ?? ?

This is all very strange

Had another look

Emily is defently Mile End 1c 672

Frederick Edward DAVISON could be Mile end 1c 672 or 1c 678 ?

do you know 100 % that these two married

or have you got one name and trying to find the other half

Deb K

It's definitely there on FMP - exactly as others on here have posted for you......maybe the GRO peeps need to go to S***savers! LOL

If you want I can save and email the pages to you with them on and your friend could send the order in by post with the pages attached :-))

Mary

Edit: Also the lady at GRO is wrong.......Ancestry transcriptions might sometimes be wrong......but their images are exactly the same ones as FMP have!

Edit again:
Marion, your friend would be better off just ordering the cert using ONE of the names only......if she is putting both names and one of the names is wrong then GRO will say it's incorrect and won't send it.

Mary

Oh well done Mary

I was thinking I need to go to S~~~k savers LOL

Deb K

Hi Debbie

No, you don't need to go to S***savers......but I do! LOL When I first looked I looked under births and thought *gro are right*.......but they're not!


Mary

This is a strange one

They make you feel you are going mad But living where Marion lives it makes it twice as hard

So we are not the mad one's it's the GRO

That makes me feel better LOL

Deb K

could the difference be as picky as Fredrick & Frederick

Debbie......No, we're definitely NOT the mad ones! LOL

Lancashireann......yep, they really can be that picky!!

It could even be that the person is putting *Mile End Old Town* and not *Mile End* :-((((

Mary

You could be right Lancashireann

It may pay just to put one name on the request not both

as it does seem they are being a little bit akward

Deb K

When Marion has got to the bottom of this one she should put the Thread on chat.

Ive enjoyed having a moan LOL

Deb K

P.s when marion wakes up from oz land she is going to wonder what is been going on (but ive enjoyed myself)

x

Thank you all so very much for your replies.. My friend in England is going to telephone the GRO again today on this one...Lets hope she can get this matter all sorted...

Many Thanks Marion

Good luck with that one and let us now what happens

Deb K