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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 8 Send Message	Catherine	Report	16 Oct 2006 22:10
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 8 Send Message	how do you get marriages before 1837 up? i know the actual date but need info from marriage cert. can we not get this on here?
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 6,274 Send Message	Georgina	Report	16 Oct 2006 22:12
	Catherine there were no marriage certificates before 1837 when civil registration began. You have to find the marriage in Parish Records, have you tried the family search site? Georgina.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	16 Oct 2006 22:16
	As Georgina says, there were no marriage certificates prior to Q3 1837. If you find the marriage in the parish records, the only info you will get is name of bride and groom, possibly the groom's occupation and marital status, whether they were of the parish or not and the witnesses. No fathers details were recorded, unless you are extremely lucky. Sam x