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Which certificate
« on: Wednesday 18 June 08 16:57 BST (UK) »
given the availability & choice of a Birth or a Marriage certificate; which is best to assist in regressing through ones ancestors?

all replies gratefully anticipated.

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Re: Which certificate
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 17:06 BST (UK) »
My choice would be the marriage certificate as you will get both fathers names plus their address of abode, ages and hopefully witness's which could be a brother/sister or relative.

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Graham, Grundy, Wilson:- Birkenhead
Graham, Sharp, Hodgson, Sherwen:- Workington
Fulford,Braithwaite,Blanchard,Hackforth,Ward,White:- Lincolnshire
Seaby, Cockerill:- Northamptonshire.
Wiseman,Smith:- Warwickshire
Upton, Gentle:- Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire.
Wall, Curtis, Felts, Thoms:- Bedfordshire.
Davis, Smallman:- Shropshire.
Wilcox:- Worcestershire.
Young, Renwick:- Berwick upon Tweed.
Plante:- Stafford, Warwickshire.
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Re: Which certificate
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 19 June 08 05:46 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Assuming you mean England and Wales civil  reg certificates, or Irish civil  reg certificates , my answer would be both, but if I had to choose only one of the two for money reasons etc , I would  definitely choose to order the person's  birth cert over their marriage cert : My reasons being :

The marriage cert of the person will not show the mothers of the bride or groom, only the fathers names - so a marriage cert is no good for tracing the maternal lines of the bride and the groom  only the paternal like, unlike births certs, which will give you both the father and the mother names

The fathers  of the bride and groom may not be correct on the marriage cert. In many cases the bride or groom will make up a name for their father , if that person doesn't know who their father is, or if that person is illegitimate - I have a couple  marriage certs myself where the father's name is  made up and does not exist- the person being illegitimate. If I had never obtained the birth certs of these people, I may have believed the fathers names on the marriage certs were their fathers - a  wild goose chase.

Also , occupations can be totally incorrect too. The information on marriage certs are only as good as the information given by the bride or the groom . Not to say birth certs are 100% accurate all  of the time in regards to the fathers , but I think the information given is much more likely to be  more accurate than marriage certs

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McNeill-Loughconnelly & Broughshane
Graham -Derry,Ballymoney,Carrickfergus & Ballymena
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Roberts,Lloyd, Hopkin, Davies Carmarthenshire
Parker Oystermouth/Mumbles.
Carlsen (also called Carlson & Karlson )B in Former Russia (Finland) & Swansea S.Wales.
Butler family Llangyfelach (Clydach & Ynystawe)
Quarman Bitton & S.Wales

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Re: Which certificate
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 June 08 05:52 BST (UK) »
This might help you a little in making your decision:
http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/deaths.htm
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Re: Which certificate
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 June 08 14:55 BST (UK) »
thank you all very much.

a most cogent argument from Cell.

Ruskie (are you?) that is a useful internet place to visit. Thank you.

tarnee: that was my initial thinking I have to admit.

maybe as this is my first person tho, I will get both.
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