Genealogy Chat

Incidentally, if you've got a whole register of marrs sitting in front of you and the witness surname(s) don't obviously relate to either of the couple, check if those names are witnesses on the other marrs - often you'll see one guy is a witness on 90% of the marrs in that and the adjacent months. I think one can discount such professional witnesses from any family connection.

Hi +++DetEcTive+++
thank you for your reply & taking the time to post the link i see what you are saying the record might not show what i am looking for i already have the dates of the 2 marriages i found them on the on line yorkshire IGI index
(1) William Shaw married to Jane Bennison 08/06/1785 in Liverton
(2) William Shaw Married to Elizabeth Bennison 03/12/1797 Whitby
i wanted to find out if there are to difrent Williams Shaws or 1 who married twice most trees i have seen on Genesreunited have 1 William marring twice i am not so sure as there is 2 Mary Shaw's born one with each wife my research has shown the eldist Mary Shaw was still alive when the 2nd mary was born it does not sound right to me i wanted to find out for sure hiow would i go about it any help please
many thanks & kind regards Stu :-S

Unfortunately they wont give the father's name - if you wanted to see an example, even though it isn't your area, go to

http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode=ShowImg&Img=/cityark/Scans/Ecclesiastical_Rochester_Archdeaconry_Area_Parishes/P167_HIGH_HALSTOW_1653_1957/01_Incumbent_Service_Registers_1653_1957/P167_01_03.html/00000095.jpg

You may be lucky to find it says Widower or Bachelor, and the witnesses may be recognised names.

NB - if the link address breaks the thread, I'll edit later, so please add to the thread to advise if this is the case.

THANK YOU every one for your replys
the IGI records on line dont give me the answers i am looking for i have a william shaw marriage twice but not sure if there are 2 william shaws marring or one who married twice i was hoping the parish records will tell me the fathers name & if he had married twice i am not sure what the records will tell back in the late 1700s how would i find out his mother & fathers names many thanks to you all for your help i will give the North Yorkshire County Record Office at Northallerton a ring monday
cheers Stu

Kath - spot on.

Do a place search for Whitby in the FS library catalog
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
and see

The surviving parish registers for Whitby are held in the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton. The surviving Bishop's Transcripts are held in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.

There are, of course, various non-conformist OPRs, but I didn't check them out.

I think they will be kept at Northallerton.

It really depends on what you want to look at as to whether you need an appointment or not. Would probably be best to ring them and ask.

Marriage records before 1837 usually do not name the father of the couple.

Contact details for the record office:-

North Yorkshire County Record Office
Malpas Road
Northallerton
DL7 8TB
England

Tel: 01609 777585
Fax: 01609 777078
Email: [email protected]

If the records you want are not there they should be able to tell you where to look.

Kath. x

If you google "Whitby Parish Registers" there are lots of sites and maybe some of the registers you want will be on line.

Some archives require an appointment but many are part of the local public library and don't.

Good hunting.

Hi every one
my Shaw family came from Whitby/ Liverton / Egton / Moorsholme
the North riding yorkshire does any 1 know where the parish records are kept for the north riding i was told Whitby but i heard whitby office closed & the records are split between other areas ? i would like to visit & view some marriage records
& do i have to make an appoiment to view records
& what infomation can i expect to find on the parish records
any help would be great
many thanks & kind regards Stu