Finding Marriages/Births

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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Fiona	Report	20 May 2013 11:23
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Please could advise me how to find the other halves when I am looking up a marriage. Seems I can only find one half of the partnership, ie the husbands and the place but not the wives? This seems to be pre 1911/1913 and the same with births, can't find the mother's maiden name only the childs name and place of birth? Thank you : ) Fiona
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	20 May 2013 11:34
	On FreeBMD click on the page number to get the other names then go to the following census to find first name of wife. You can usually find the spouse's name that way.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	20 May 2013 11:37
	The mother's maiden name for births was only shown from 4th quarter 1911 (might be 1912) - unfortunately before then you have to buy the certificate. For marriages prior to 1912, find the record relating to one of the parties - on freebmd, click on the page number which if transcibed correctly should then show the other people recorded on that page eg from freebmd Marriages Mar 1910 (>99%) Allen John Bury 8c 865 ...... 865 is the page number Clicking on the page number gives Marriages Mar 1910 (>99%) Allen John Bury 8c 865 BROUGHTON Alice Bury 8c 865 Monk Richard Bury 8c 865 Pessol Ada Ellen Bury 8c 865 So John Allen married either Alice Boughton or Ada Ellen Pessol. You'd have to search the next available census, in this case 1911 in turn for a John Allen with Alice or Ada. The same record on GR - John Allen Year of Marriage 1910 Quarter of Marriage Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District Bury Registration County Lancashire Spouse's Surname Only available for records after 1912 Volume Number 8C Volume Page 865 John Allen married one of the people below: Alice BROUGHTON Ada Ellen PESSOL Richard MONK.....nah!
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	20 May 2013 11:38
	For births before 1911 try to find the child in the 1911 census where you should find the parents names. You can then look on FreeBMD for a marriage for the father's name to a spouse with the first name of the mother that is given on the census. If you can't find it that way then you may just have to buy the birth certificate for the child to find the parent's full names. Kath. x
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,757 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	20 May 2013 13:05
	where are you researching Fiona? There are a few local free sites such as the online parish clerks which have the exact partner for a marriage or mmn for a birth eg lancashirebmd.org.uk
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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Fiona	Report	20 May 2013 13:15
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Mainly researching leicester.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	20 May 2013 18:36
	Although they tend to be earlier than what you are after at the moment, try http://www.freereg.org.uk Coverage is given on this link http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/lei.htm There may be some also for free on https://familysearch.org/search Leicester OPC (on line parish clerk) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engleiopc/
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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Fiona	Report	20 May 2013 21:26
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 61 Send Message	Thank you very much for everyone's help, off to see what I can find. Fiona

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