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scottish marriage certificates
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optimistic olivia | Report | 2 Jun 2006 10:41 |
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There's a lot of information on a scottish marriage certificate but is the town mentioned after the father's profession where he was working or where he was born? Patricia |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Jun 2006 11:03 |
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From Scotlands People website: '1855 marriage records give full name, age, marital status, occupation, usual residence, date and place of marriage, name and occupation of father, name and maiden name of mother, and names of witnesses and the officiating clergy. They also include the birthplace and number of former marriages of each spouse (plus the number of children by those marriages). Birthplaces and previous marriage details were dropped after 1855, but the former was restored from 1972.' So no help there, then! |
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JessM | Report | 2 Jun 2006 11:34 |
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Hi Patricia If the MC is between 1856-1972 the address/town will be where he was living at the time of the marriage (which of course may turn out to be where he was born). You had to be a member of the Parish for at least six weeks before you were considered to be 'from' that Parish. You should be able to clarify his birthplace with census entries. Jan |
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