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"..Former name -  Desmond Jervis Salter   New Name - Robert Desney (made up)"

"..... in 1958 - when he uses his new name in brackets. And it does say 'formerly Desmond Salter)"

On the two marriage certificates that you have....do the signatures of the groom look the same?

How is the groom described in each.....age, occupation, address, father's name and occupation?

I have both certificates here:

1942 in Sheffield: 1st Marriage Desmond signs himself. Age 23. Details of Navy including number. His address in SHeffield is given - this is the address I gave to Traceline to trace him ten years ago. Which they did - all the way back to 1942!
Jervis Salter (deceased) given as father's name. ( I have since found that there is Jarvis Salter in his mum's line)

1958 in Ploughley oxford: 2nd marriage
RObert Desney formerly known as Desmond Salter. Previous marriage dissolved. As was his new wifes to be. Occupation: Foreman Shippers and Packers. Lived at Antique shop in Dorchester on Thames. Father and fathers occupation unknown (as they were on his birth certificate.)

All signatures were written by the registrar here...for everyone. In a very distinctive neat hand - definitely same person.

Alison

Ohio death record - Margaret M. Lammel - Last Residence 44217 Creston, Wayne, Ohio.
born 21 Jul 1924 and died 9 Nov 1992 Wayne, Ohio. Certificate 087355
Father's Surname Maxsield (as transcribed) - Mother's Maiden Name Collier - Marital Status Divorced.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKGG-M17

Sandra

Wow lol Yes this was my grandma...she emigrated to US after my dads birth - leaving dad here...

Wow! Thanks so much.

I logged on to Ancestry and did this random search and it actually let me get a step further and see some of the transcribed details but not all - the step before you could view the image (even though I am no longer subscribed these days?). It only let me see it once - I think it was a fault on the website?? Does this happen often? Also when I tried to find it again, all the results had changed and were noted in French and came up with lots of USA results?? This is really weird....

Are we not meant to ask for the odd lookup on Ancestry then these days on this site? I thought that was the whole point?? Many years ago, I used to help many people in this way on this site.

Alison

When I need to look at a record on Ancestry, I pop down to my local library.
They have computer access (free for 2 hours) and Ancestry Library Edition!

I can then download the image and copy it to a USB memory stick; or I can get Ancestry to email it to me. All free.

The Terms and Conditions of Ancestry mean that people can only use it for their own, private, research.
In asking for a user to get the image for you, you are asking them to break the Ts & Cs!

Just checked! Aberdeen Libraries have access to Ancestry Library Edition

Ok Firstly, I have been away from this site for ten years and I had no idea that was the case now - I used to practically live on this site day and night and the site was all about other people doing lookups...
Secondly I am no longer in Aberdeen. I am about 90 miles away from the nearest library in the far north of Scotland) which has Ancestry...or indeed has any computers. But thanks for the tip for the future. I'm not sure if Ancestry is available at Inverness library.

Alison