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Marriage or Birth Certs?

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BrianW

BrianW Report 8 Oct 2009 16:21

I'll second the recommendation to get death certificates.

Not only are the witnesses useful, but I recently found that the informant for my great grandfather was a daughter from a second family that I never knew he had !

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Fiona

Fiona Report 7 Oct 2009 14:14

Thank you very much.....off to order my certs!

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 6 Oct 2009 14:17

Scottish birth and marriage certs are so much better than the English ones.

Births certs usually give a date for the marriage of the parents which is not on English one

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Oct 2009 14:14

Marriage certs only have the fathers name on .if known!
birth certs should name both parents including mums maiden name unless the child was illegitimate,
Scottish marriage certs though do have more info on them I believe but i havent bought one so not sure on that one.

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Fiona

Fiona Report 6 Oct 2009 14:08

Which would give me more information? Do the marraige certs have both sets of parents names? Sorry to sound dumb, but about to order first ones! Thank you.