Marriage certificates in Dorset.

[bolton]

Hi
I wonder if anyone can tell me if you can get a copy of a marriage certificate from the year 1694 at Edmondsham Dorset. I have found it online so maybe it would be possible.
Thanks regards Chris

[nanny jan]

Hi Chris,

It will not be a certificate but an entry in the parish register.  Certificates started with civil registration in 1837.

Where online have you found it?   Perhaps that organisation can make a copy for you.

If the register is at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester you might be able to get a copy from them; not sure of their fees.

Nanny Jan

[Meliora]

Hello, Chris,

You will not get any sort of marriage cert for 1694 that will give you any info.  Any marriage at this date is normally a single one-line entry giving the couple's name's with the date of marriage at the church within a list of other marriages taking place within a few days of each other.  No info on parents or any witneses are shown.

Meliora