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Marriage Certificates

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Stacie

Stacie Report 16 May 2009 20:07

Keith, Many thanks for your reply.

Regards,

Stacie

Stacie

Stacie Report 16 May 2009 20:05

Hi Helen,

Thanks for your advice, it does indeed help alot. I have all the references that you mentioned so i will go ahead and order a copy of the certificate from that website.

Many thanks

Stacie

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 16 May 2009 19:58

If you have the quarter and year, district, volume and page number as well as one partners name (no need for both) then you can order online here:-
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Make sure that the "Is GRO reference known" button is checked. then you will pay only £7 per certificate.

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 16 May 2009 19:57

Depending on when they married you may find a marriage reference for them on www.freebmd.org.uk. Covers up to about 1930 although not complete for the later years.

If you can't find the reference on freebmd then you will need to search the indexes quarter by quarter and year by year (available at main libraries / record offices usually on microfiche or on sites such as Ancestry / Findmypast).

Once you have the reference which will be:
District e.g. Wycombe, volume e.g. 3a, page number e.g. 222
you can order the certificate from the GRO.

It will cost £7, if your ancestors have relatively common names then you may find more than one reference which will fit. You can then give the GRO something to check, e.g. bride's father's name and they will charge £7 for a certificate plus £3 for each reference they check.

Go to www.gro.gov.uk to order certs - do not order on other sites as they often charge a premium over and above the £7.

Hope this helps.

Helen

Stacie

Stacie Report 16 May 2009 19:53

Hi Minnie,
Thanks for your reply. Yes i have the district of the marriage and a page number and volume number. I got these from searching the records on here. Am i on the right track?

Stacie.

Penny

Penny Report 16 May 2009 19:48

Firstly you need to find a ref for the marraige.

do you have an idea of where or when they married?

Stacie

Stacie Report 16 May 2009 19:47

Hi,
I am new to this so im sorry if my question is a fairly obvious one, but could someone please tell me how i go about obtaining a copy of my grandparents marriage certificate?

Kind Regards,
Stacie