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Title: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: Paulo Leeds on Tuesday 20 February 18 16:54 GMT (UK)
I can find a record from 1969 of a Removed marrying a person with surname Removed in Leeds.

I can't find the first name of the husband, however. And for some reason it doesn't seem to list on FreeBMD's search either...
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: gortonboy on Tuesday 20 February 18 16:56 GMT (UK)
First name(s)   Removed
Last name   Removed
Marriage quarter   4
Marriage year   1969
Registration month   -
MarriageFinder™   Removed married
Removed
Spouse's last name   Removed
District   Leeds
District number   -
County   Yorkshire
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: stanmapstone on Tuesday 20 February 18 16:57 GMT (UK)
You can see the coverage of FreeBMD at https://www.freebmd.org.uk/progressM.shtml#y1950
1969 is not fully covered, especially the last quarter.

Stan
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: Paulo Leeds on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:02 GMT (UK)
ah okay, thanks guys,

why is late 1969 not covered do we know?
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:03 GMT (UK)
It is being done by volunteers so work is in progress.

If that couple are still living you should not put their details on here  ;)
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: Christine53 on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:04 GMT (UK)
This is also available on familysearch here :

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV6F-NTMQ

As these people may well be living I don't think their names should be mentioned here ?
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:12 GMT (UK)
I'm currently working on the transcriptions for September quarter 1969 - currently doing page 901, which is marriages for surnames beginning H  ;D

Added:  at an average of 120 entries per page, that is roughly 108,000 entries so far in this quarter alone.  :o

Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: Lostris on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:17 GMT (UK)
Hope that FreeBMD have considered whether to show names in the Index for the 1950's onward ? ......  :P
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: Paulo Leeds on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:19 GMT (UK)
so why have some marriages from the 1970s been done before 1969 on freeBMD?
Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:24 GMT (UK)
Because we work as part of a syndicate, and each syndicate is allocated a year/quarter to transcribe.  I am working for a syndicate which has been allocated all the marriage entries for 1969.  1970 marriages have been allocated to two other syndicates.

Title: Re: Help finding a marriage on FreeBMD
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 20 February 18 17:28 GMT (UK)
Hope that FreeBMD have considered whether to show names in the Index for the 1950's onward ? ......  :P

I'm not quite sure what you mean.  FreeBMD merely transcribes, free of charge, the printed GRO indexes - we can only work from these.