Genealogy Chat

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Morning all, I have finally found out the maiden name of my gr gr gr grandmother after searching for a long time. So armed with the information i set about trying to find her marraige, should be easy i thought seeing as i have both partners names, WRONG!! I cant seem to locate it anywhere. If some kind person takes pity on me and would like to help the names are John Burke & Mary Marriott I'm assuming they would have married in the Bilston area of Wolverhampton about 1862 ish. Okay ive grovelled enough now LOL!! Many thanks , Deb X

do you have them as sep individuals in 1861 - are you basing marraige year on oldest child dob ? So how old were they on marriage, pobs dobs etc ?

Hiya Newcroamancer I'm basing the marraige on the date of birth of their eldest child, i cant locate either of them exactly on the 1861 census as yet. Their eldest child was born 17th March 1863. Thanks DebX

I had a look on West Midlands BMD. I think this is yours? West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1862 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference BURKE John MARYATT Mary West Bromwich Register Office Sandwell WBRO/6/28 The local ref acts as a link to a part completed application form to get a copy cert from the local office. Christine

looks like you got a result - nice one Christine

Thanks, Necromancer I suppose it could just be a coincidence of phonetically similar names, but I think we've got a hit there. I'm quite partial to the local sites where they exist - they often give more detail than GRO listings, and they can often deliver the certs faster than GRO. Downside is that you often get a modern transcription of the local contemporary transcript rather than a photocopy of the central contemporary transcription of the local contemporary transcript. If you can get a copy of the original register, it's much nicer because you get to see your ancestor's handwriting (signature, anyway) - and it's also often significantly cheaper if you don't need the info certified, because you just get a photocopy of the register page (20-40p each). I was despairing of the West Midlands site (http://www.bmsgh.org) because utnil a few weeks back they'd got stuck at 'latest update 9 Dec 2003' ! All the other sites were into 2005 before they suddenly caught up. Christine better get back to work after my late lunch-break!

Deb, Hi I just wanted to say that I have used the service provided by Sandwell lots of times. They are really fast!! Whenever I have sent them an application, I have received the certificate within a week. Once I sent my letter to them on Monday and I had the cert on Wednesday!! Their fee is now £7.50. Pat

Christine, Sorry i didnt reply sooner but had a very busy day yesterday. Thankyou so very much for the information , i cant believe you came up trumps!! and i'm so chuffed at finally getting the last piece of my brick wall. Must send off for the certificate this very moment. Oooh i'm so excited!! Deb X To everyone who replied to me on this one , Thanks very much!! X

Hope it really is the one. I admire your self-discipline, Debs. I don't resent you not answering sooner - I shouldn't have been on often enough (or long enough!) to notice! Christine