Genealogy Chat

Hi has anyone come across a marriage entry like this one on Ancestry? and if so, any idea what it means? Basically, when I click on the spouses name for each entry (ie to obtain male name) it just takes me back to both these entries without giving me spouse info. The Registry number is RARM ???? I think they are one of the same person, but strange it won't show me who she married and wonder if it's been void for some reason. Any ideas?? Thank you. Shirley-ann Hayley K Bates spouse Bates Mar 1995 Tunbridge Wells Kent Kelly D Bates spouse Bates Mar 1995 Tunbridge Wells Kent

It looks to me as if either Hayley or Kelly must be a man's name (although it seems a bit odd). This appears to be one marriage where someone with the surname Bates marries another person with the surname Bates. Kath. x

This one?????? Name: Kelly D Bates Spouse Surname: Bates Date of Registration: Mar 1995 Registration district: Tunbridge Wells Registration county (inferred): Kent Volume Number: 576 Page Number: 167 Register number: RARM Find Spouse: Find Spouse Click on 'find spouse'.....and.......... Hayley K Bates Bates Mar 1995 Tunbridge Wells Kent View Record Kelly D Bates Bates Mar 1995 Tunbridge Wells Kent Have you checked the relevant entry on findmypast? Reg

I think it's the fact that this appears to be two female names that is causing confusion. Kath. x

I am doing a research job on a person who was quite famous for being a bigamist and I am wondering if the RARM bit signifies something and ie the male person involved is protected from view???

RARM is just a reference for the marriage. Perhaps Hayley had already adopted Kelly's surname? Kelly, although usually a female name, is also a male name.