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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Adelaide	Report	14 Feb 2004 18:13
	I am trying to find a marriage date. I have what I think is the correct entry for male ancestor, so try and find similar date entry for his bride (to double check). However, although I think I have the correct one, the registration area is different. Can anyone tell me if brides and grooms are registered in the same registration district or their own parish district. In other words, have I got my bride and groom, or am I trying to match up two entirely wrong people??
	Researching: Worsfold Spanton Cranleigh
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	14 Feb 2004 18:30
	Hi, They should match exactly. But even then you cannot be sure as there is more than one marriage per page in the registers. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	14 Feb 2004 18:47
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Can you confirm from where you got the records? FreeBMD is yet another step where someone could have entered the wrong district if the page nos match up. try ukbmd to see if there is a county-level record for the pair which match better. Pauline