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Old 18-06-19, 17:52
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That's really handy. On lancsbmd there's no way of knowing where the civil marriage was performed, only which local RO issued the certificate.

I wonder why the various ukbmd sites vary with the amount of info they give?

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On LancsBMD does it tell you which church the marriage was performed at? I’ve found StaffsBMD so useful as it names churches
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Old 18-06-19, 19:32
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Yes, Lancsbmd tells you if it was a church wedding, but iirc, only tells you which mother church holds the records which isn't necessarily the church where the marriage was performed, if that makes sense. Sometimes you can pick up the correct place by using LAN-OPC to cross reference the marriage, which is handy because then you don't need to buy the certificate.

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Old 18-06-19, 21:33
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Yes, Lancsbmd tells you if it was a church wedding, but iirc, only tells you which mother church holds the records which isn't necessarily the church where the marriage was performed, if that makes sense. Sometimes you can pick up the correct place by using LAN-OPC to cross reference the marriage, which is handy because then you don't need to buy the certificate.

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Staffs BMD tells you exactly which church it was
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Old 18-06-19, 22:04
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Staffs BMD tells you exactly which church it was
But not if it was a non-conformist marriage?
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Old 18-06-19, 22:48
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Oh, I've answered my own question.

These indexes were originally compiled to be used as a finding aid for registrars and therefore may not contain information of use to the family historian.

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Old 19-06-19, 06:23
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But not if it was a non-conformist marriage?
Yes they do. I recently came across one that named a local, now demolished, baptist church.
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Old 19-06-19, 07:34
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Thanks for the answers and ideas.

I didn't try a newspaper, was too tired to think that much.

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JOYNSON Elizabeth WAMSLEY Joseph 1855 Civil Marriage (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) Staffordshire Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Does this tell me anything more than it was held at the NUL registry office? I've not picked up on it telling us which church people were married at. I'll check for all marriages I haven't already found on FMP Staffordshire records to see if I can get more information.

Yes, it is annoying that there are no images but in this case it can be purchased online through the RO, which is handy, except I don't really want to buy it at the moment.

I did think to look at other ancestry trees but haven't got back to it yet. Jr has several assignments and I'm helping him organise his time.
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Old 19-06-19, 10:35
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This is a family member of mine. One party is still living so i removed her name

I know they married at Lichfield Register Office

Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1959

Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At

**** Leonard G F*****Eileen D Civil Marriage (Lichfield) Lichfield

This is yours

JOYNSON Elizabeth WAMSLEY Joseph Civil Marriage (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) Newcastle-Under-Lyme


The headings at the top do say Church/Register Office

I have recently found this one when researching a friends tree

Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
FLORENCE Raymond B THORPE May Burton-upon-Trent Register Office (B1RO) Newcastle-Under-Lyme B1RO/50/073

It does state Register Office on that one
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Old 19-06-19, 11:29
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so no doubts about it. Buy cert or hope someone else has posted it online.

This family is so difficult. That isn't even his surname. I don't know if people can't spell it or if the pronunciation makes the spelling change. He did at least live long enough to appear on a census with his wife.

It's just as well I enjoy the hunt.
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Old 19-06-19, 11:52
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Just checked an no online trees have the certificate sadly.

To give you a laugh there is a professional genealogist researching this family and they are clearly giving him grief too, although he may not realise it. He killed off my 3g grandmother 64 years too early and has failed to find any of her 9 children, although 7 of them were born after her "death". Therefore I am a figment of your imagination.
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