Marriage Certificate help????

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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Maxine	Report	8 Dec 2004 14:47
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	I sent off for a marriage certificate and where it says age it says full, does anyone know what this means? Maxine
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 112 Send Message	*Clare	Report	8 Dec 2004 14:54
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 112 Send Message	Full age or over full age means that they are over the legal age to marry. ( It's really anyoing when you get one like that)
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Maxine	Report	8 Dec 2004 17:27
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thanks for your help, I agree its really annoying as it would have been nice to know their ages, which would have helped with my search.
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	8 Dec 2004 23:35
	From one or two entries here, I believe it can mean not so much that they were old enough to be legally allowed to marry but that they claimed so, and the registrar believed them! I agree that it's an exasperating thing to find. The same thing's created a bit of a hurdle in my husband's tree. I just hope to find something more to get round it - perhaps from a census or something. good luck! Christine