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Lancashire / Re: Lancaster County Asylum 1889
« on: Monday 08 August 16 15:26 BST (UK) »
Hi, Cristeen,
Thanks for the added information. You wrote -
> I had suspected Clara was illegitimate and the marriage record I hopefully have attached corroborates this. I have not bought a marriage certificate yet but may have to if I want to solve this one.
The marriage record you have shown us is the entry for the marriage at Christ Church. It states that the marriage was 'according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church'. This means that the record shown is an image of one of the two records of the marriage made at the ceremony. Marriages in the church of the Established Church (the Church of England) were (and are) recorded in each of two registers. When they are full, one copy is kept by the church for religious purposes (and your copy will be from that one) and the other copy is sent to the local Superintendent Registrar as the record under civil law.
Sending for a marriage certificate will get you a copy (maybe handwritten or maybe a photocopy) of the second church register. I have seen instances where the two registers differ, BUT the record you show is a complete record and is signed by the couple as being correct, so it is extremely unlikely that the civil copy will have different information.
I see Galium has already responded in a similar way.
Hope this helps,
Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)
Thanks for the added information. You wrote -
> I had suspected Clara was illegitimate and the marriage record I hopefully have attached corroborates this. I have not bought a marriage certificate yet but may have to if I want to solve this one.
The marriage record you have shown us is the entry for the marriage at Christ Church. It states that the marriage was 'according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church'. This means that the record shown is an image of one of the two records of the marriage made at the ceremony. Marriages in the church of the Established Church (the Church of England) were (and are) recorded in each of two registers. When they are full, one copy is kept by the church for religious purposes (and your copy will be from that one) and the other copy is sent to the local Superintendent Registrar as the record under civil law.
Sending for a marriage certificate will get you a copy (maybe handwritten or maybe a photocopy) of the second church register. I have seen instances where the two registers differ, BUT the record you show is a complete record and is signed by the couple as being correct, so it is extremely unlikely that the civil copy will have different information.
I see Galium has already responded in a similar way.
Hope this helps,
Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.)