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Title: May 15th Grandfathers second marriage
Post by: jim charman on Wednesday 09 June 04 15:53 BST (UK)

    It seems that I am not alone in havig difficulty in finding my G/Fathers 2nd marriage. No response to my earlier request.
     
     Does the fact that he was a Quaker make things so difficult ? The marriage must be registered somewhere, problem is "where".

      Good Hunting.
                             Jim C.

Title: Re:May 15th Grandfathers second marriage
Post by: suey on Wednesday 09 June 04 20:58 BST (UK)

Here you go Jim - this should help -

Go to your library and get this book - Ancestral Trails by Mark D Herber.. from page 208 it explains about marriages etc.. it also tells you where the records are and how to access them

Good Luck
Suey

Title: Re:May 15th Grandfathers second marriage
Post by: jaq on Thursday 10 June 04 00:52 BST (UK)

you mentioned Birmingham...
http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/
is the Quaker study centre in Birmingham

http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/quakmarr.htm
explains what was involved when quaker marriages were performed.and http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/queries.htm is a quaker queries and archives message board.

jaq

Title: Re:May 15th Grandfathers second marriage
Post by: jim charman on Thursday 10 June 04 15:27 BST (UK)

Thanks Jaq,
                I shall be trying all the sites you mentioned,sometime soon.
                It gets to the stage that you think there never was a relation you are looking for, but you know there is.
             Keep up the good work it is well appreciated

                  Ragards Jim C.