[WED]Bartlett
Stanmapstone@aol.com
Stanmapstone@aol.com
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:31:51 EDT
In a message dated 12/06/2006 02:34:40 GMT Daylight Time,=20
sportmem@optusnet.com.au writes:
I read with interest the introduction to the marriage register (on the=20
website) which says that the registers contain information on the bride and=
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bridegroom and their parents etc. I was not aware of this. Is it possible s=
omehow=20
to obtain this extra information. Joseph Bartlett and Francis Moore were=20
married on 31 March 1836. =20
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There is no extra information in the registers before the introduction of=20
Civil Registration in July 1837. After that date you have the Fathers name=20=
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his rank or profession, the mother is not mentioned..
The details contained on a marriage certificate include:=20
Date and place of marriage.=20
Name, age and marital status of man and woman.=20
Occupation and usual address.=20
Name and occupation of each party's father.=20
Names of the witnesses.=20
Name of the person who solemnised the marriage.=20
The marriage of Henry Stride and Elizabeth Bartlett was registered in=20
Axbridge in the March =BC of 1859, GRO Ref. 5c 957. You can get a copy of t=
he=20
certificate on-line at http://www.col.statistics.gov.uk/
Regards Stan Mapstone
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