advice, re wording on marriage certificate please

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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	Marcie	Report	17 Jul 2005 21:28
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	hi i have a marriage certificate which say william astill, servant of anstey, does this mean he was born in anstey or just working there, any help appreciated marciex
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 9 872 Send Message	Merry	Report	17 Jul 2005 21:40
	Probably just living and working there. Obviously, he might have been born there too, but I don't think this is what is meant by the marriage cert entry. Sarah
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 13 636 Send Message	♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥	Report	17 Jul 2005 21:41
	Hi The certificates I have all show the place the couple were living at the time of their marriage, not their place of birth. I have traced some births of the married couple by finding their fathers and working forward to find the couples births. Hope this helps. Kathy
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	Marcie	Report	17 Jul 2005 21:42
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	hi sarah thanks for that, not what i wanted but thats life, back to the grind stone marcie x
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	Marcie	Report	17 Jul 2005 21:44
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 599 Send Message	hi kathleen thanks for advice, it,s quite a common name for the area, so is proving quite difficult marcie x