Marriage register - how big (for scanning)?

[bugbear]

I want to visit my local record office to scan some 1950s marriage registers from a church.

I think registers had been standardised by this time, and were centrally supplied.

Does anyone know how big they are (so I know what camera lens to use) ?

I've got several images (from family search and ancestry) but none of them have scaling item on!

[bugbear]

Hah - to answer my own question I found one that had been microfilmed with a scale on.

Each page is 14 inches wide by 9 1/4 inches deep (A3 is 16.5 by 11.7)

[GrahamSimons]

Chances are you'll only be able to access microfilm anyway... our archive office doesn't allow access to the originals.

[KGarrad]

Not sure you'll be allowed to photograph whole pages?
My local registry doesn't allow that!
Privacy and GDPR concerns.

[GrahamSimons]

Not sure you'll be allowed to photograph whole pages?
My local registry doesn't allow that!
Privacy and GDPR concerns.

Marriages are public events so the names etc are public knowledge; I think that they've escaped the clutches of GDPR, although some record offices may think otherwise.

[bugbear]

I asked...

Thank you for your e-mail.

The only access restrictions would be if the register was in too fragile a condition to bring down to the searchroom.  If the register has been microfilmed, you can view it on a microfilm reader. If not, you can order the original document when you arrive.

 

[louisa maud]

Many have copiers , documents  copied for a small  fee

LM