Mike Fry wrote: > I've just realised that in England & Wales, a Marriage Certificate can > be issued from multiple places. > > a) the church or Register Office on the day > b) the Local Register Office at some time later > c) the GRO at some time later > > I suppose there other places and times and formats which would amount > to much the same thing, but these are the ones that sprang to mind > when I was trying to work out which template to use for a photocopy > of a church-issued (I think) certificate of marriage from 1876 in the > east-end of 'Lunnon'. > > None of the 3 obvious templates appear to fit with what I have. They > all seem to 'require' a GRO reference which I can derive, but which > is not on the certificate. Any suggestions?
Mike, It is my view that the template for the English/Welsh certificates is wrong, because, as you correctly say, the index reference is not part of the certificate. This is one of those instances where I do not use that line in the detail source, but I do for the Index, in other words, I cite the Index and Certificate Sources separately. I understand that the index is included in Evidence Explained (I don't have the book) as part of the Certificate Source, and if so it is simply wrong! Ignore! The actual certificate for a marriage is issued by the church or register office at the time of the marriage. All other "certificates" are certified copies which can be obtained from the local office or the GRO. Both in law and generally these are all accepted as being the equivalent of the original certificate, and I treat them as I would treat an original. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Now completely revised: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
