Re a parish Marriage: What is a slip index exactly?

[Nova67]

I have found a Fulham marriage in 1819 for Ann Ledgerwood and John Gray on Find My Past that is not on Ancestry.

It is on the 1813-37 Slip Index which is part of the Greater London Marriage Index.

I think it was compiled by Cliff Webb through the West Surrey FHS.

My question is what is a slip index?

Thank you.

[Ashtone]

Surrey Marriage Records: 1500–1846
This index, kindly made available by West Surrey Family History Society, covers nearly 270,000 marriages - ie 540,000 brides and grooms - for the whole of rural Surrey, portions of Metropolitan Surrey, some Middlesex parishes, and strays from all over the UK, especially London, Middlesex and Sussex.

The Index is complete for Surrey up to 1837 except some Metropolitan parishes – it contains all the parishes of West and rural East Surrey. There are also a substantial number (43,000) of entries from Middlesex parishes for the period 1813-1837 derived from a slip index created by Cliff Webb for this period.

[Nova67]

Thank you for your reply Hillhurst. I had seen this here on page 5:

https://affho.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/newsflash39.pdf

I am still wondering what a slip index actually refers to? Non-conformist, strays etc.

[Nova67]

I am really after what slip means. Does slip mean handwritten pieces of paper that are used to compile the index?

[Rena]

I am really after what slip means. Does slip mean handwritten pieces of paper that are used to compile the index?

Have a look on this webpage, which shows and describes examples:-

https://forum.english.best/t/meaning-of-slip-index/175329/2

[Nova67]

Thank you very much, Rena.

I have since read that Pallot's Marriage Index would be an example.

[majm]

Yes, Rena is spot on.

JM