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Patricia, I should imagine that is happening more and more with churches either been knocked down or converted to other use.
Angela

Pat, the church records will most likely be held at the Records Office.

Sam x

The church records will i believe be with either one of the previous members of the church council (depending on demonination) or the local records office...

You will need the internment book, and this was only usually kept at the church and rarely copied to the records office.

It's worth ringing the local RO and asking them what has happened to the books from there.

Tracey

hi all,
last week my aunt went to have a look around ford cemetry in liverpool as most of my ancestors were buried there only to find (not been for many years) most of the graves have been moved and also the church has been knocked down. as she couldent find what she was looking for someone told her many people back then couldent afford the fees so were buried in paupers gaves so does anyone know where and if i could find any records of these burials and where would the church records be if the church is no longer there? hope this makes sense!!!
pat.

And how about when the father's name is actually the step father and it sends you off down another blind alley grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Angela

The name of the church, if they married in church will be listed, if they got married in church....

As for the address it's purely locational.... some were extremely good at fine details some were slack.

I have certs from Lancashire and some have the full address and some merely have the village.... maybe it has to do with the size of the place also. I suppose they never think on an historical basis and think well, the village is only ¦----this big------¦ so we'll not put the address!!!

The ages is what gets me, full age.... really doesn't help anyone....

....and my fave hate of all.... when you discover the bride has a different surname from her father and now suddenly your looking for ANOTHER marriage!!!

Grrr

Tracey

Sorry should have said I have the address of the bride and groom but I don't know which church they married in

i must be lucky then,as quite a lot of mine have adresses on.In fact Thats how I found my grandmothers death,was at same address asI was born

Kay

Hi Margaret
I have only recently started doing my tree - but in May I ordered 2 wedding certs - they both just have

Married at: the parish church, parish and county

no mention of the name of the actual church.

I thought this was standard practice untill I saw your post

How odd. All the certificates (some date from the 1850's) I have give the address where a birth or death took place, plus the address and relationship of the informant. Marriage certificates all give the name of the church or, in one case, the Registry Office.

what really upsets me is on nearly every certificate I get there is never an address of where the event took place just the parish or town

Margaret