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Hi. Does anyone know how I would find a maiden name for someone? I have the year they married, who she married, where they lived, years of birth etc etc even marriage entry but they were married 1907 and it doesn't give maiden names til after 1912 apparently??

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Kerry :-)

Kerry if you go to FreeBMD site, you can put in the surnames or 1st name only to find it :) i.e full name of the groom and 1st name of the bride :)

DO give us some more details Kerry - I am sure we would be able to find it for you.

Dea Xxx

go to freebmd

put in the surname and name of the person you know then put in the first name of the person you are looking for then click find you will have a choice of two spouses hopefully the first names are not the same

click the blue numbers at the side to get all the names

jax

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Follow the info given by T and Ja....x and go to the FreeBMD site !!

If you get stuck - come back on here !

Dea x

Wow Thank you sooo much for your replies. I have however looked and unless I am being stoopid lol I still cannot find her surname. Please please could someone have a quick look for me please??
John Thomas Ridley, Married Susannah in 1904 in Auckland, County Durham Volume 10a page 333
Hope this enough info

Marriages Jun 1904 (>99%)
Potts Susannah Auckland 10a 333
Ridley John Thomas Auckland 10a 333

I don't know HOW you cannot see this :


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Marriages Jun 1904
Potts Susannah Auckland 10a 333
Ridley John Thomas Auckland 10a 333

Dea x

Im just stoopid....Thank you :o) That explains where the potts comes from :o)

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH xx

I am sure that you are NOT stoopid Kerry.

I should like to find out how you are searching which does not bring up this very simple result.

For your future searches, you might like to find out the same??

Tell us how you searched and we can try to see what you are doing wrong!!

Dea Xxx

Thanks Dea cos I am trying to find another spouse I am getting sooo much closer to finding my Dads siblings.

I am on the free BMD page and I put in the name, whether it a B M or D and i click on search. when my search comes up it gives the name of the regristrar etc but I cannot see spouse??

I am now trying to find a spouse for Lily Ridley married June 1944 in Durham N volume 10a page 1329?

Kerry xx

You'd need to click on the VOL number in order to get other people in the list. For example.. The Pott/Ridley - click on 333 .. Hope that helps?

Marriages Jun 1944 (>99%)
RIDLEY Lily Ridley Durham N. 10a 1329 <<- click that VOL number in the result in the FreeBMD

Click on 1329 to see the other Ridley that she married to..

ahhhh thanks I finally found it.

THANKYOOOOUUUUU xxxx :D :D :D :D

Think you have it 'sussed to rigts' now Kerry (thanks to T ) BUT - if you have any more trouble, please come back to us !!!

Dea Xxx

Sorry me again

Is there a way of knowing for definite if you have the right person for example
My Lily married a William but I dont know his year of birth or location. Assuming he was from around the area I have 2 that could be him but each with different years. ANy ideas.

Thanks :D xx

Hi Kerry.. Again :D

When was Lily born please?

1919

Thank you T xx

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
If you do a look up for John Ridley at FreeBMD, you'll find

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1904 (>99%)
Ridley John Thomas Auckland 10a 333

If you click on the page # link, it'll show all the names on that page.
This will naturally include his spouse (if the index and transcription are correct),
but it will typically show another couple on that page. You normally have to keep your fingers x-ed that she's not called Susannah too.


You can also click on the Auckland link, then the more info "here" link, and see the villages, etc., included in Auckland registration district.


You can use the date, RD, vol#, page# when ordering a cert from the GRO.
However, the GRO isn't the only place one can buy an m.cert.
One can also buy an m.cert from the vicar if it's in the church's current register (not likely to be the case for 1904).
Also, one can buy an m.cert from the local registrar (in Auckland here).
This latter fact is useful for the NE, as many local registers are indexed online.
Also, these indices don't have the same ref info as the GRO index transcribed by FreeBMD.

Try a look up at http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/

Surname Forename(s) Year District
POTTS Susannah 1904 Durham Western
RIDLEY John T 1904 Durham Western
Register No. - Entry No. - District
C1/6 - 362 - Durham Western (1904)

The ref was taken from the application form.
Note what's indexed here is the actual entry #, not the page #, so there's no question who his bride is.
Register C1 refers to a specific church - the 6 indicates they're on their sixth register here.
They don't tell you what church C1 is - if I had to guess, I'ld say St Andrew Auckland.

Hi Kerry,

It is difficult on which William it is, as sometime men tends to go to Bride's county of birth to marry..

The only way to know which William it is regarding his age, is to obtain their marriage cert.

Sorry,

T