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^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^

^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^ Report 1 Oct 2011 12:22

Numerous times I have found an ancestor on BMD only to find the MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME not there so have had to send for a copy of the certificate at nearly £10 a time just to find that out. Why is the MMN not shown on line , does anyone know?

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Oct 2011 12:33

Mothers maiden name was only added to birth record in 1911. Likewise with spouses surnames in marriage records

Andy

^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^

^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^ Report 1 Oct 2011 12:55

HA HA Thank you Andy mystery solved. :-D

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Oct 2011 13:22

Rather than spending money on a certificate you can do a little detecting by finding the child on a census, note the parents' names, make a guess at date of marriage from the oldest child's age then look for a marriage that matches on FreeBMD. Of course you then should buy a certificate or two for confirmation.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

mgnv

mgnv Report 1 Oct 2011 17:25

The spouse's surname was added to the GRO m.index in 1912q1, the mum's MS to the b.index in 1911q3, and the age at death to the d.index in 1866q1. Of course, the certificate being indexed has the item on it.

Whilst the above is true of the GRO index, it's not necessarily true of the local registrar's index, and some of these are online - See

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd

Here's a set of examples from my ex's tree:

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1838
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
MCCANN George ASPINALL Margaret Wigan, Register Office or Registrar Attended Wigan & Leigh ROW/1/50

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
MCCANN Michael Wigan Wigan & Leigh ASPINALL WIG/3/277

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1838
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
MCCANN Michael 0 Wigan Wigan & Leigh WIG/2/397