Where have all the marriage records gone?

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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2,839 Send Message	The Ego	Report	20 May 2006 10:30
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 2,839 Send Message	Ive been trawling through christenings using hugh wallis for the village of edwinstowe and the name tudsbury(and variants)from early 1600's to mid 1800's......loads of them-the name is local and did move to other villages,but the population was easily 900plus during this period so why only a few marriages?.......are they kept somewhere else?(ive calculated about 25 families with the male head being a trudsbury at least,never mind female tudsburys marrying)
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,267 Send Message	Heather	Report	20 May 2006 10:37
	The males of the family may have married in their brides parishes. You may find that the baptisms for your parish have been filmed but not marriages. Heather
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	20 May 2006 10:46
	The IGI isn't complete either so all marriages may not be on there. Sam x