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Jonathan B | Report | 8 Nov 2004 17:56 |
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Marriage certs do give the ages of the couple marrying (they tend to be more accurate than the census, but are occasionally made up partic if the one or both of them are young). They also give their addresses and two witnesses (who may be other family members). Jonathan |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Nov 2004 17:49 |
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Patricia Glad to be of help and look forward to reading the next instalment. Oh, and just call me nell! |
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Patricia | Report | 8 Nov 2004 17:47 |
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many thanks to "helen little nell ptfq....."carol in glorious somerset" and "sam from stoke" for answering my question last night and for steering me in the right direction. will let you know how i get on, thanks again pat |
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Sam | Report | 7 Nov 2004 23:05 |
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Hi Patricia If they are you great grandparents, are either they or their parents old enough to have been born before 1901? If they are, you can look for them on the 1901 census (web address can be found in the 'getting started' section). You can view the index for free or if you want to look at the detail, you either have to pay or ask someone with a subscription to Ancestry to look it up and email the image to you. This will hopefully give details of who the person was living with in 1901 (hopefully parents!). Prior to this, the 1891 census is again available on Ancestry, as is the 1871 for most places. The 1881 census can be viewed for free at www.familysearch.org. Good luck Sam |
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Carol | Report | 7 Nov 2004 22:52 |
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Does the marriage certificate give the ages of the couple marrying? If so, then you can work out their birth year, to about a year either way depending on when their birthday was. |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Nov 2004 22:48 |
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Patricia Go to the homepage on this website and scroll down to "Getting Started" which should help. Basically you try to get birth, marriage and death certs for everyone back to 1837 when civil registration began. Then you trace life events through parish registers. You can find your family on the census from1841-1901. Info from the census and certificates together can help you build a picture of their lives. nell |
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Patricia | Report | 7 Nov 2004 22:40 |
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JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO "HELEN LITTLE NELL PTFQ" "CAROL IN GLORIOUS SOMERSET" AND "SAM FROM STOKE" FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION LAST NIGHT AND STEERING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION , WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I PROGRESS ,THANKS AGAIN.. PAT |
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