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Somerset / Re: Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Monday 03 August 09 21:00 BST (UK) »
Sorry - I'm getting confused myself - I meant Wincanton, not Keynsham. I'm obviously 'working' too hard 
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Somerset / Re: Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Monday 03 August 09 14:24 BST (UK) »
Oh - the old 'find the first child and you find the marriage parish' theory - although, a young bride was also perhaps just as likely to have had her first child back home with mama - not surprising given the huge mortality rate - it must have been a scary prospect. In this case, the theory would have been quite misleading but fortunately Ashwick isn't in the Keynsham registration district - phew :-) You've just got to love the intricacies of family history!
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Somerset / Re: Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Monday 03 August 09 13:12 BST (UK) »
Oh I see - you looked at the census too huh - that's 'cheating' 
I wouldn't burst the psychic bubble if I were you - it may come in handy again :-)
Thanks again
Karen
I wouldn't burst the psychic bubble if I were you - it may come in handy again :-)Thanks again
Karen
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Somerset / Re: Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Monday 03 August 09 08:48 BST (UK) »
Me again Dee-jay
Further to my last - you must be psychic. I found the couple in the 1861 census, a year after their marriage. She was with her parents (probably pregnant) but he was in Galhampton, North Cadbury - she was in Ashwick which isn't in the Wincanton registration district list. So... I will at least email and see if I can get anywhere. Thanks again :-)
Karen
Further to my last - you must be psychic. I found the couple in the 1861 census, a year after their marriage. She was with her parents (probably pregnant) but he was in Galhampton, North Cadbury - she was in Ashwick which isn't in the Wincanton registration district list. So... I will at least email and see if I can get anywhere. Thanks again :-)
Karen
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Somerset / Re: Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Monday 03 August 09 08:38 BST (UK) »
Hi Dee-jay
WOW - thank you so much for all that information. I am ashamed to say that despite having studied my family history for a while I have never had to find a local registrar because the huge majority of my relatives post-1837 were hatched, matched and despatched in Bath and the Bath BMD site links directly to the Registrar from whom one can order online.
I think the quickest, if not the cheapest, way would be to get the GRO copy and then I will have the exact date. Still, for all future reference, or if I really must have that signature, your advice is absolutely spot on. Thank you again :-)
Regards
Karen
WOW - thank you so much for all that information. I am ashamed to say that despite having studied my family history for a while I have never had to find a local registrar because the huge majority of my relatives post-1837 were hatched, matched and despatched in Bath and the Bath BMD site links directly to the Registrar from whom one can order online.
I think the quickest, if not the cheapest, way would be to get the GRO copy and then I will have the exact date. Still, for all future reference, or if I really must have that signature, your advice is absolutely spot on. Thank you again :-)
Regards
Karen
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Somerset / Advice sought re Somerset registrar offices please
« on: Sunday 02 August 09 23:30 BST (UK) »
Hi Lister
Please can someone advise me, excusing my ignorance in so doing :-)
Most of my immediate family, at least for a couple of generations, were born, married and died in Bath. I have obtained all their BMD certificates from the registrar in Bath and hence had copies of originals (with signatures for marriages). If you apply to the GRO obviously you have a typed or handwritten copy but not of the original. I want now to get a local registrar's marriage certificate and am not sure to where I should apply. The marriage in question was registered (according to the GRO) in the first quarter of 1860 at Wincanton between Robert John BEATON and Sylvina (or Selvina or Sylvina) Smith GREGORY. As I said, I know I am showing my ignorance - can someone advise? Thank you for reading this.
Regards
Karen
Please can someone advise me, excusing my ignorance in so doing :-)
Most of my immediate family, at least for a couple of generations, were born, married and died in Bath. I have obtained all their BMD certificates from the registrar in Bath and hence had copies of originals (with signatures for marriages). If you apply to the GRO obviously you have a typed or handwritten copy but not of the original. I want now to get a local registrar's marriage certificate and am not sure to where I should apply. The marriage in question was registered (according to the GRO) in the first quarter of 1860 at Wincanton between Robert John BEATON and Sylvina (or Selvina or Sylvina) Smith GREGORY. As I said, I know I am showing my ignorance - can someone advise? Thank you for reading this.
Regards
Karen
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Dorset Lookup Requests / Dorset RO request
« on: Sunday 02 August 09 20:32 BST (UK) »
Dear Lister
If someone goes to Dorset Record Office at some point would it be possible for that person to make a digital scan or photograph of the following marriage entry please?
John GREGORY and Dinah INGS or INGGS married after banns in Bryanston 7th November 1811. The witnesses were Samuel ?VANNER and Jean COFFIN. John was from Tarrant Hinton and she was OTP.
I am pretty sure that I have these details correct but I want a copy of the original record. I am happy to defray any expenses incurred and would be most grateful. Many thanks for reading this.
Regards, Karen
If someone goes to Dorset Record Office at some point would it be possible for that person to make a digital scan or photograph of the following marriage entry please?
John GREGORY and Dinah INGS or INGGS married after banns in Bryanston 7th November 1811. The witnesses were Samuel ?VANNER and Jean COFFIN. John was from Tarrant Hinton and she was OTP.
I am pretty sure that I have these details correct but I want a copy of the original record. I am happy to defray any expenses incurred and would be most grateful. Many thanks for reading this.
Regards, Karen
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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Bristol RO request please
« on: Sunday 02 August 09 20:22 BST (UK) »
Dear Lister
If someone goes to Bristol Record Office at some point would it be at all possible to take a scan or photograph of the following marriage entry please:
St Philip and St Jacob. 4th September 1787. Joseph SOMERTON and Martha CLARK.
These are one of my x4 great grandparents and I am sure of the date but would like a copy of the parish record entry. I would be most happy to defray any expense incurred in order to obtain this record :-) Many thanks for reading.
Karen
If someone goes to Bristol Record Office at some point would it be at all possible to take a scan or photograph of the following marriage entry please:
St Philip and St Jacob. 4th September 1787. Joseph SOMERTON and Martha CLARK.
These are one of my x4 great grandparents and I am sure of the date but would like a copy of the parish record entry. I would be most happy to defray any expense incurred in order to obtain this record :-) Many thanks for reading.
Karen
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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Seeking a baptism for Henry OLLIS
« on: Tuesday 21 July 09 17:48 BST (UK) »
No they don't but where would be the fun in that? Siston perhaps, or Longwell Green or Warmley or Bitton or .... :-)
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