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Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 12 Sep 2006 14:42

I am trying to look up a marriage on ancestry, but I only have the surnames of the bride and groom and a rough year date. Ancestry will not let me search using only the surnames, and wildcards for the christian names any tips on how to do this. Also does anyone know if it is cheaper ordering a cert from a local gro

Peter

Peter Report 12 Sep 2006 14:49

Try FreeBMD freebmd.rootsweb(.)com

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 12 Sep 2006 14:53

Have tried free bmd, but the marriage took place early 1960s in west bromwich staffs and is not showing up there

Andrea

Andrea Report 12 Sep 2006 14:53

I would also suggest checking freebmd as you don't need first names for that. It could still be a bit of a drag though unless they are unusual names and not a huge year gap. As for the GRO or local register offices being cheaper, I think they are the same price but the local register offices tend to turn it around a lot quicker and are normally very friendly and helpful if you phone them with queries.

Kate

Kate Report 12 Sep 2006 14:56

Lynda, you would have to go through the GRO indexes quarter-by-quarter as neither ancestry nor FreeBMD have online name searches for the 1960's. It would be worth looking on Staffordshire BMD or West Midlands BMD, though, I'm not sure if they cover the 1960's yet. Try www.ukbmd.org.uk to get to them. Kate.

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 12 Sep 2006 14:57

thanks for the replies

Robert

Robert Report 12 Sep 2006 14:57

The 1960s are not transcribed on FreeBMD so it is a case of trawling through the complete indices. Beat me to it, Kate

Peter

Peter Report 12 Sep 2006 15:00

Sorry, didn't realise you were after a more recent entry. As Kate says, it is a long slog looking through the indexes, for both surnames, until you find 2 with matching volume/page entries. I have done this for several rellies, not too bad on less common surnames, you should be able to search 10 years worth in under an hour with a broadband connection .