Genealogy

[Jon MW]

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is this the site for certificates: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

 - Order Certificates online
 - Order a certificate online now
 - Registration

I'm already registered, can't rememember what that involves - presumably it then puts you back to where existing users go

Tick :Certificate Types - Marriage Certificate (England & Wales)
Tick :Is the General Register Office Index known?  - yes
Year in which the event was registered: fill in
Submit

Deliver Address Details to fill in

Particulars of the person whose certificate is required
Surname and forename of the side you know for sure is true

Reference information from GRO Index
Year     1903
Quarter*      All this information is in the result from the search and is needed, so don't skip it if you don't understand
District name*    
Volume Number*    
Page Number*    

Then despatch and payment options

Does any of that look familiar?

[Colchester Kev]

Bung Jon a Nifty and get 10 hours of graft ... you would be daft not to.

[Jon MW]

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Another daft question,as i don't know much about this ( can you tell?  ) Can i go to any register office and order a certificate,or do i need to go to the district the event was registered in?

Reason i ask is i also think i need my grandmothers birth certificate because i'm having conflicting reports as to her mothers maiden name and need to clarify.

I've only ever ordered from the local register office where I knew the events were registered.

I think you can't order at one for an event at another - but haven't tried it so not certain.

[pokefast]

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is this the site for certificates: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

 - Order Certificates online
 - Order a certificate online now
 - Registration

I'm already registered, can't rememember what that involves - presumably it then puts you back to where existing users go

Tick :Certificate Types - Marriage Certificate (England & Wales)
Tick :Is the General Register Office Index known?  - yes
Year in which the event was registered: fill in
Submit

Deliver Address Details to fill in

Particulars of the person whose certificate is required
Surname and forename of the side you know for sure is true

Reference information from GRO Index
Year     1903
Quarter*      All this information is in the result from the search and is needed, so don't skip it if you don't understand
District name*    
Volume Number*    
Page Number*    

Then despatch and payment options

Does any of that look familiar?

Thanks Jon,that has cured the date problem ( as i hadn't ticked the general registry office index known box ) but now its asking for volume number and page number. What are these and where will i find them on ancestry?

[pokefast]

Bung Jon a Nifty and get 10 hours of graft ... you would be daft not to.

I feel a bit guilty i'm not paying him anyway tbh Kev, I didn't expect this level of advice and help and i'm truly humbled.

[pokefast]

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Another daft question,as i don't know much about this ( can you tell?  ) Can i go to any register office and order a certificate,or do i need to go to the district the event was registered in?

Reason i ask is i also think i need my grandmothers birth certificate because i'm having conflicting reports as to her mothers maiden name and need to clarify.

I've only ever ordered from the local register office where I knew the events were registered.

I think you can't order at one for an event at another - but haven't tried it so not certain.

I'll give my local office a ring on Monday to clarify.

[Jon MW]

Bung Jon a Nifty and get 10 hours of graft ... you would be daft not to.

I feel a bit guilty i'm not paying him anyway tbh Kev, I didn't expect this level of advice and help and i'm truly humbled.

Kev's not the brightest of chaps - he fails to notice that it's £50 for 10 hours work, but unlimited consultancy for free

That's okay, I looked up Foleshill to check there was more than one church in the district, and logged on to GRO.gov to look through the exact order of the pages - the rest has been off the top of my head so hasn't really been that much effort.

[Jon MW]

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is this the site for certificates: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

 - Order Certificates online
 - Order a certificate online now
 - Registration

I'm already registered, can't rememember what that involves - presumably it then puts you back to where existing users go

Tick :Certificate Types - Marriage Certificate (England & Wales)
Tick :Is the General Register Office Index known?  - yes
Year in which the event was registered: fill in
Submit

Deliver Address Details to fill in

Particulars of the person whose certificate is required
Surname and forename of the side you know for sure is true

Reference information from GRO Index
Year     1903
Quarter*      All this information is in the result from the search and is needed, so don't skip it if you don't understand
District name*    
Volume Number*    
Page Number*    

Then despatch and payment options

Does any of that look familiar?

Thanks Jon,that has cured the date problem ( as i hadn't ticked the general registry office index known box ) but now its asking for volume number and page number. What are these and where will i find them on ancestry?

Don't you get a result with something like

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name:    Emma Mary Williams
Year of Registration:    1862
Quarter of Registration:    Apr-May-Jun
District:    St Saviour Southwark
County:    London, Surrey
Volume:    1d
Page:    20 (click to see others on page)


on?

Volume, Page - right there

[pokefast]

...

is this the site for certificates: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

 - Order Certificates online
 - Order a certificate online now
 - Registration

I'm already registered, can't rememember what that involves - presumably it then puts you back to where existing users go

Tick :Certificate Types - Marriage Certificate (England & Wales)
Tick :Is the General Register Office Index known?  - yes
Year in which the event was registered: fill in
Submit

Deliver Address Details to fill in

Particulars of the person whose certificate is required
Surname and forename of the side you know for sure is true

Reference information from GRO Index
Year     1903
Quarter*      All this information is in the result from the search and is needed, so don't skip it if you don't understand
District name*    
Volume Number*    
Page Number*    

Then despatch and payment options

Does any of that look familiar?

Thanks Jon,that has cured the date problem ( as i hadn't ticked the general registry office index known box ) but now its asking for volume number and page number. What are these and where will i find them on ancestry?

Don't you get a result with something like

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name:    Emma Mary Williams
Year of Registration:    1862
Quarter of Registration:    Apr-May-Jun
District:    St Saviour Southwark
County:    London, Surrey
Volume:    1d
Page:    20 (click to see others on page)


on?

Volume, Page - right there

Yeah found that now mate thanks. Its the 1d and page 20 they want isn't it?

Theres a big difference in price now i've ticked that box!

[Jon MW]

As long as the details match they can find it quickly, if you don't have the district, date, volume and page they have to do their own research for the part you miss out - that's why it costs more if you don't.

[pokefast]

In theory could they have got married in Bedworth? reason i ask is Foleshill seems to cover a fairly wide area back then.

[trafficjam]

I was really into family history about ten years ago. I mainly researched my husband's family on the male side. I used to go to the London archives where you could search the books all day for nothing and order your certificates there and collect them after a few days or have them sent to you.

Through doing this I found my husband's cousin who had being doing research for some time and we arranged to meet at the London Centre. I had no problem in recognising him as he looked just like my father-in-law it was amazing.

It can be expensive buying the certificates, that is why you have to be certain you are getting the right one.  I have not followed up on this for some time but hope to continue in the future.

If anyone into family history is interested, I have a lot of old magazines, going back about ten years. These give a lot of info and if anyone wants them they can have them.  I live in London though so posting may be expensive.

[Jon MW]

In theory could they have got married in Bedworth? reason i ask is Foleshill seems to cover a fairly wide area back then.

Yes, that's what I looked for when I said it'd be hard to get the church records - because Foleshill area covered a number of parishes.

[pokefast]

In theory could they have got married in Bedworth? reason i ask is Foleshill seems to cover a fairly wide area back then.

Yes, that's what I looked for when I said it'd be hard to get the church records - because Foleshill area covered a number of parishes.

Had a bit of a result today when i found out that my great grandmother is buried in Bedworth cemetary,probably won't mean much for my search but least i can get some pics for the collection.

[curnow]

I've only ever ordered from the local register office where I knew the events were registered.

I think you can't order at one for an event at another - but haven't tried it so not certain.

no you cant , has to be same district , they have problems with marriages as well because lot of them us parish records to check through ,

the GRO are pretty quick though , about 7 days + they do search to save you cash if certificate is wrong one , we tend to use them for all cert's now