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Marriage Certificates

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Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC)

Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC) Report 27 Oct 2008 15:52

Remember that in early times the only places that you could get married in was the local Parish Church which was usually C of E.
So Marriages of another denominations could use the Church and the service was conducted according to that denomination and by their own Minster ...
The usual give away was that after the signature of the Minster was :~
“ Officiating Minster.“

MIKE.

Bren from Oldham

Bren from Oldham Report 27 Oct 2008 11:50

For weddings that took place in the Church of England the Marriage licence was issued by the VIcar
For all other denominations someone from the registrars office had to be there to issue the licence.
When you are searching e.g Lancs BMD marriages you will see that it sometimes says wedding took place at the Registry office or Registrar attended .

Kate

Kate Report 27 Oct 2008 11:28

My great-grandparents have a weird story surrounding them. The newspaper clipping of their golden wedding says they were married in the Methodist Chapel early in the morning because they wanted the canon from the C of E church to do the ceremony and it was the only time he could fit them in.

But when I checked the local C of E church records, they turned up in there too! Maybe the clergyman recorded all the marriages in his own book anyway?

I've also found that my Catholic relatives were married twice - once in the Catholic church and once in the Anglican one - in the early 1800s. So I'm wondering if Anglican marriages were considered more "legally binding" than other denominations? Like now where people sometimes have a church service and a register office wedding one after the other.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 27 Oct 2008 10:44

The name of the official who took the service, ...and signed the certificate, might help you find the correct church.

Gwyn

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 27 Oct 2008 03:23

I believe it could be any church which wasnt Anglican. So.Methodist,Baptist,Congregational,Wesleyan etc. Dont think you will find out unless you can find a baptism for a child.

Cheshiremaid

Cheshiremaid Report 27 Oct 2008 02:44


Not sure if this helps but my paternal ancestors were Wesleyan Methodists and baptisms and marriages took place in the Independant Chapel of that area.

Linda

Lost for Words ;-)

Lost for Words ;-) Report 27 Oct 2008 00:27

Hi Smile

Does it not give the name of the chapel across the top?
Have you tried googling it?

Regards
LfW

Sally

Sally Report 27 Oct 2008 00:13

Hi,
I have just received a marriage certificate that I requested from the GRO. I have no problem with the info on the cert as it ties in with my other research. The thing is that the cert is slightly different from all the others that I have in that where it usually says 'Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church etc. this cert says 'Married in the Independant Chapel to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independant Denomination etc. The question I have is how do I find out which denomination these people followed? Any info appreciated.