how to find 1808 marrige cert

[millview]

Just found James dowson and mary anne etherton marriage  on the 30 June 1808 at saint Mary the virgin at the wall colchester in the LDS how do i get hold of the marriage certificate.

Millview

[cardiff]

Sorry to tell you Registation of  Birth ,marriage and Deaths  did not commence until Sept 1837.
 before that  they where registed in the church / chapel Unless you can get hold of marriage bonds, not sure how in Wales its at the National Library Aberystwyth,
 If you request that info someone might answer. The other way to get the information on the  marriage to go to your loocal family history center where you can request the fiche/film there is a small cost but an interesting read might be had.
cheers cardiff

[Keziahemm]

Hi

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began 1st July 1837 so there are no certificates prior to this date. You need to look at the parish register the majority of which are held by the appropriate county Record Offices.  

Susan  

[trish251]

Hi Millview

The information in parish registers for marriages is often little more than what you see on the index, the name of the couple. Sometimes you may get the bride's father's name & sometimes an occupation for the groom, but not always.

If you don't live near the appropriate record office,  you may be able to find a film of the image at your local LDS family centre as noted by Cardiff.

The record you found does not have an LDS film number (which is unusual). It does, however, have a print number. If you click on the print number you will find the following comment

Original source of extraction is not available. You may wish to check the original parish registers for Colchester, St. Mary-at-the-Wall, see film no. 1565522 items 13-30 (42x), it covers the years that were extracted  so the film you would need is the one given here.

You can find your closest LDS centre via the home page at http://www.familysearch.org  (find a family history centre near you) - worth a visit if you haven't been, just to see what they have available.

Trish