Genealogy Chat

Help please Is there anywhere in this world that has these records.I have an ancestor married in 1876 in Liverpool at a W. M. Chapel.I am finding research into this close- knit society very difficult.To add to my headache,I believe that this g/grandmother had Irish Romany roots,I have been hitting this brick wall for 3 years,Regards from Anne.

Lancashire Records Office has many many Methodist and other nonconformist records, including a great clump called the Lancashire Methodist Society Records. Have you looked on the IGI? I wasnt aware that the Wesleyans were a secretive lot,LOL! Good luck Olde Crone

Are you sure the wedding was at the chapel? At that time most chapels weren't registered for weddings, but many people had the formalities at the register office and then a chapel blessing service. If the wedding was at the chapel, then in 1876 it had to be attended by a civil registrar with a civil register. Either way, the registration should be in amongst the register office marriages for Liverpool or maybe West Derby district. It should be in the GRO index and orderable in the normal way.

Anne, Have you tried googling wesleyan methodists in liverpool? i have a marriage dec 28th 1878 my grt grt grt aunts was solemised at the english wesleyan chapel in carnarvon the article says it was the first ceremoney of that kind in that edifice (whatever that means!) the trustees presented the bride and groom with a handsomely bound copy of wesleys hymns and a bible.

To All of you kind people who have given me new hope.Thank you from Anne

Liverpool Library holds most churches data do you which know church exactly (There's quite a few in Liverpool)? Aigburth St, Wesleyan Methodist Benns Gardens, Wesleyan Methodist Cardwell St, Wesleyan Methodist Cyprus Rd, Marsh Lane, Wesleyan Methodist Great Homer St, Wesleyan Methodist Leeds St, Wesleyan Methodist Lodge Lane, Wesleyan Methodist Margaret St, Wesleyan Methodist Picton Rd, Wavertree Rd, Wesleyan Methodist Pitt St, Wesleyan Methodist Rosalind St, Wesleyan Methodist Smithdown Rd, Wesleyan Methodist Townsend Lane, Wesleyan Methodist Whitefield Rd, Wesleyan Methodist Birch Memorial, Binns Rd, Edge Lane, Wesleyan Methodist Brunswick, Moss St, Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall, Mount Pleasant, Wesleyan Methodist Cranmer, Vauxhall Rd, Wesleyan Methodist St Peter, High Park Street, Wesleyan Methodist Templar Hall, Mill St, Wesleyan Methodist Trinity, Grove St, Wesleyan Methodist Wesley, Soho St, Wesleyan Methodist Wesley, Upper Stanhope St, Wesleyan Methodist

Liverpool BMD (http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk) reckons they've transcribed these: Authorised Person Marriages Church or Chapel Start of Marriages Registers at Code Years indexed Liverpool, Methodist Chapel 1932 Liverpool 3186 1932-1966 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Aigburth Street 1926 Liverpool 3185 1926-1964 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Brook Road 1904 Liverpool 3008 1904-1976 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Great Homer Street 1902 Liverpool 3187 1902-1958 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Jubilee Drive 1932 Liverpool 3188 1932-1948 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Lodge Lane 1899 Liverpool 3190 1899-1963 Liverpool, Methodist Chapel, Webster Road 1918 Liverpool 3178 1918-1925 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Aigburth Road 1901 Liverpool 3076 1901-1967 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Church Road West 1951 Liverpool 3191 1951-1959 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Elm Hall Drive 1920 Liverpool 3071 1920-1968 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Greenfield Road, Stoneycrofy 1931 Liverpool 3037 1931-1981 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Kensington 1961 Liverpool 3052 1961-1967 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Lawrence & Salisbury Roads 1910 Liverpool 3192 1910-1954 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Russell Road 1911 Liverpool 3195 1911-1937 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Wellington Avenue 1926 Liverpool 3049 1926-1968 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Wellington Road 1909 Liverpool 3196 1909-1934 Liverpool, Methodist Church, Whitefield Road 1902 Liverpool 3197 1902-1946 Liverpool, Methodist Mission Hall, Netherfield Road North 1927 Liverpool 3198 1927-1955 But they all look slightly late for you. They also have civil marriages transcribed - including earlier ones. Christine

Actually, what are you hoping to find from the marriage record? It is likely to be the same information as that given on the GRO certificate - although you might be lucky and get some additional info. You say you think your ancestor was Irish? In which case they may have married in a Methodist Chapel because of their religious differences and may not have been regular members of the congregation. Olde Crone

Surely if Anne has been hitting this brick wall for three years, she must already have the marriage cert????? Or am I being think? Merry

Merry, No I dont think you are being think, I think you are being thick! LOL. Yes, that did puzzle me a bit - the MC should have the full name of the Chapel on it, surely??? OC