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Topic: Missing Marriage c1849 (Read 1643 times)
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GeoffE
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Posts: 2005
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I always blame it on my faulty spull chucker.
I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're laks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.
Now spelling does not phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too please.
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The more I practice, the luckier I seem to get.
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emmsthheight
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Hi Goeff
I luv it!  
Can I pass it on? I no a cuppel of folk hoo wud really appreciate that!
Chow
Emms
PS Spelchek duzznt stop my left and finking it's my rite and coz its beyn uzed to tipe for so long nd im in ah urry & dony usully ave tyme to ple wiv spillchek voe! 
I will endeavor though in future to be diligent in ascertaining that there is absolutely no occasional or superabundent, conspicuous or inadvertent inaccuracy, indication, indiscretion and anticipate any inexpedient amendments by thaumaturgic beings,or keep to monosyllables lest you need an oneirocritic
I apologise for any inaccurate lexicography and imperfect prosopography. 
(Just altered errors by spellcheck!  )
Now about that marriage??!!??
Best wishes
Emms
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Chris Nilsen
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Dear All,
I'm afraid I'm a little out of my depth now.
I live in Adelaide, Australia and have never visited the UK so I might need a bit more advice.
I looked at the Gretna marriages site, and understand that they could have eloped. I didn't realize this sort of thing happened. But I guess it makes sense.
I have searched on freebmd from 1843-1855 (when they left England for Australia). I have searched every combination of spellings etc I can think of (even looked in births & deaths in case it was put in the wrong index).
I looked in the original indexes from 1847-1851, looking for both Porthouse and Wilkins, but found nothing.
Can someone give me advice on how to write to the Local Register Office? As you say they may have record where the GRO doesn't. Would I have to pay to get them to look for me?
I also did a search on Scotlandspeople from 1843-1854.
Chris.
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emmsthheight
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Hi Chris
I'm sorry we haven't been able to help you before now.
I did have aniother look on Free BMD with various combinations of spellings with no success. Both times I tried, I couldn't get on to the original indexes, or all censusess.
I'm getting the message that it's easier for us to get help from Australia through the official channels than the other way round, and certainly people in Australia have been very generous with me. I've quite a few branches with links there. Some people over there evn looked up things from this country that I couldn't get here, or not without taking a gap year to travel and taking out a small mortgage anyway!
A couple more thoughts. Writing (or emailing the offices is a definite good move. There are always bits that don't seem to be indexed - including my own Grandmother's birth.
It's a shame though you can't be sure of the loxationas they've travelled even in our small area. Penrith seems the obvious, but if she went back to her roots to marry, the country near Dalston could be Carlisle or Wigton Registra's.
The other thing is to go for the national office in Southport. I know nothing's perfect, and it is a huge establishment now, but whenever the indexes have slipped up for me, they've always come good.
We still have family close by, who've been in when they have open days. They do still have an old fashioned research room for awkward queries. I think you need to mail and explain, though, as well as filling the form in. We're lucky we can ring and get a real person and if they aren't sure they can get someone who is. If you speak and they realise you've done your homework, and really think there's an entry in the small interval you've given, they usually get someone who's used to the right kind of reseach on the job. They've also given me a definite direct phone number in the past.
We had trouble recently with an army birth certificate. I'm guessing that if the person doing the job at the other end isn't used to more unusual queries, and it doesn't fit the computer, it just gets chucked out and you have to pay again. I know you can't ring cheeply, but if you have a prioblem when you've written and explained - if you choose this route, pm me and I'll have a go.
Speaking of which, we've not checked the army/foreign marriages - doesn't seem too likel, but---
Another thought - Newton might be Newton Reigny near Penrith. I'm not going for a bit, but if anyone had chance to look at the castle---or is there a copy in Penrith Library---?
Good luck.
I must go and reply to the kind folk who've replied to me from over there!
Best wishes
Emms
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emmsthheight
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Hi all
There are quite a few Newtons in our area, but the reason I mentioned Newton Reigny is that it is so close to Penrith and has its own register.
Thinking about the bith you've given, though, maybe we should be looking nearer to Carlisle for a marriage, or even over the border. I did look on the IGI for Scotland last night though. If he was born at home, they could only have moved to Penrith weeks before.
That site doesn't have all the remaining registers for irregular marriages at Gretna.
Blackwell is on the southern edge of Carlisle. Most entries I've found this early have been in St Cuthbert's or even out at Skelton, not far from Newton Reigny.
Best wishes
Emms
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