[ElizabethHerts]

I have Family Historian and I think I have mentioned before I get hints.

For example, underneath a name in my tree in a circle I get a number. If I click on it I get hints from FMP and also links to My Heritage matches.

Some of the hints can be stupid. The usual scenario, a marriage long after the person has died etc.

However, it can be very useful.

I have two sisters in my tree - Mary Jane Jackson and Emma Jackson, sisters of my great-grandmother Ellen.

Mary Jane married John Mayor in 1867. They had two children, John Henry and Sophia. However, Mary Jane died in 1878. Then Emma obviously went to help out with the children and she is with John Mayor after that.

I was idly looking at the hints and an Isle of Man marriage kept popping up, so I clicked on it.


First name(s) John
Last name Mayor
Sex Male
Marital status Widowed
Marriage year 1885
Marriage date 24 Sep 1885
Marriage place Douglas
Parish St George
Denomination Anglican
Spouse's first name(s) Emma
Spouse's last name Jackson
Spouse's sex Female
Spouse's marital status Single
Father's first name(s) James
Father's last name Mayor
Spouse's father's first name(s) Henry
Spouse's father's last name Jackson
County Isle of Man
Country Isle of Man
Source Isle of Man Marriages 1598-1950

So they obviously popped over to the Isle of Man where no-one knew them to marry, as it would have been illegal to marry in England. I don't know if it was a legal marriage in the Isle of Man.

I don't think I would have found this myself, so it was a very welcome discovery!