Genealogy Chat

Terry for your info there are still Baldwins in the area especially a village nearby called Raydon, as with some name the change over time, I found with my family they went from Murtimer to Mortimer, hope this helps Tessa

Thanks for all your answers.
Terry

Kay?? - I have to disagree. I presume you're referring to Lord Rose's Act
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/1812Act.htm
which mandated thr use of preprinted forms in the Parish Registers.

The marriage details "much like todays" didn't include any parental details, and the form is as KenSE describes. As for births with "full details", these full details didn't include the mother's Maiden Surname, nor the date of birth.

In 1813 churches was required by law and issued event books ie---marriage registeres which were filled in with details much like todays ,burials ,naming status and of whom,,,,,,,births with parents and full details ,,think this was under King George 3rd, before this it was done just with scant details of couple names really

Thanks kenSE..I rest my case........

Another item of information you may get is if one (or both) of the couple was a minor.

I must emphasis that this information is what is in the parish register not in transcripts. Most transcripts available on line only give names, date and place.

After 1754 most parishes used a form something like:

No ---
--- of -----
-- and ----- of ------ were
Married in this ---- by ---------
this ---- Day of ----- in the Year One Thousand ---- Hundred
and ---------- by me --------
This marriage was } ----------
solemnised between Us }-----------
In the } --------
Presence of } --------

On the basis that there were no marriage certificates until 1837..I was in much the same position as you.....no cast iron record of the Marriage other than IGI.......was advised to write ( in my case to Manchester Cathedral) for a COPY of the original marriage entry in the PR's..this was 1826......I was able to purchase said copy.............which gave me Bride's name..Grroms \name (my gggrandfather) and his OCCUPATION........Stone Mason....which was the only link that proved I had the right marriage..sorry to be bolshy but i have been on here a long time with my vast collection of Parish Records............and in none of them before about 1830 do you get anything other than the two participants.the information you are suggesting appears on \Marriage certiificates after 1837.....and before that you MIGHT be lucky enough to get Witmesses.........and maybe an odd parent or two. Parish Records may show Groom's occupation from about 1830.........

Derek.

Derek.

Terry - go to FS and do a place search for Polstead in their Library Catalogand get:

Title Parish registers for Polstead, 1538-1876
Authors Church of England. Parish Church of Polstead (Suffolk) (Main Author)
Notes
Microfilm of original records in the Ipswich and East Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some ordinances didn't occur in some years.
Publication Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975

Note Location Film
Baptisms, 1538-1876. Marriages, 1539-1876. Burials, 1538-1876. Banns, 1755-1876. FHL BRITISH Film 919627


So, at least in 1975 when they were filmed, the regos were in Ipswich at the E Suffolk R O.

Try Bury St Edmond s County record office Bob B

It depends on how rigorously the forms were filled in but after 1754 you will normally get :
names, marital status and parish of the bride and groom
date of marriage and whether by licence or banns
signatures or marks of the groom, bride and two witnesses and the officiating priest.

You don't normally get the groom's occupation.

Not before 1837 you won't!!..at leasr not all those details...you might find the groom's occupation......and that's about all..

The original should give you names of witnesses and whether the marriage was by banns or licence. You would also be able to see whether the bride, groom and witnesses could sign their own names.

It looks as if they are here:
http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/SRO

You could subscribe (free) to the rootsweb mailing list for Suffolk to see if any lister on it can help.

Hi, does anyone know where the parish records for Polstead in Suffolk are kept. I have found a marriage in 1804 between Samuel Boldwin and Mary Warren on Familysearch and was wondering if the original would show any more details. Boldwin is a transcription error,should be Baldwin. Thanks for any help.
Terry