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Scotland / Re: Any reason why marriage certificate wouldn't be on SP?
« on: Monday 08 April 24 03:58 BST (UK) »
Interestingly, a cousin of mine (2nd cousin) married in April 1972 in Inverness (a church marriage), but someone did not carry out the final part of the process. The completed marriage schedule is supposed to be taken to the local registrar within 3 days of the ceremony so that the registrar can record it in the register of marriages. There is now no record of the marriage in the statutory records! (Yes, their childrens' birth records show the parents' date and place of marriage)
The parents of an aunt of mine by marriage married in Edinburgh on 26 June 1912 (The childrens' birth records show the date of their parents' marriage) but there is no record of this in the statutory records. Either it was an irregular marriage or maybe as happened in my cousin's case, someone forgot to take the marriage schedule to the local registrar!
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//registration/Marriage%20in%20Scotland%20Information%20Leaflet%20RM1%20January%202024.pdf
The parents of an aunt of mine by marriage married in Edinburgh on 26 June 1912 (The childrens' birth records show the date of their parents' marriage) but there is no record of this in the statutory records. Either it was an irregular marriage or maybe as happened in my cousin's case, someone forgot to take the marriage schedule to the local registrar!
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//registration/Marriage%20in%20Scotland%20Information%20Leaflet%20RM1%20January%202024.pdf