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From: <>
Subject: RE: Original Certificate
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 22:25:58 +0100
In-Reply-To: <011c01c1fb8d$d75c5e80$db05e150@o3y8a3>


Louise

Traditionally in England one of the three actual certificates is given to
the bride; the other two are in registers kept by the church (if that's
where you married). They are the ones with genuine signatures on them.

Each quarter someone (last quarter, it was me for our local churches) copies
out the details onto a similar certificate and (once the entries are
verified and signed by the "clerk in holy orders") that is sent off to the
local registrar. That copy eventually finds its way into the central
records, and if you order your own marriage certificate from the Family
Records Centre, it's a copy of that copy. (There may even be an
intermediate stage if the local registrar still has to copy the data sent to
him/her!)

Good hunting
Rose Braisby
Looking for Braisby and Hulland families wherever, whenever

-----Original Message-----
From: Louise S [mailto:]
Sent: 14 May 2002 19:15
To:
Subject: Fw: Original Certifificate


Yes, my marriage certificate has my original signature on it.
This is the actual piece of paper we signed.
Louise

----- Original Message -----
From: "raymond west johnson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: Original Certifificate


> Hi List,
>
> Take a look at your own Marriage Certificate. Does it have your signature
> on it? No, it is a copy. The original is in the Marriage Register. The
only
> way to see the original is to look at the original register or a microfilm
> of it. This may be at the County RO or at the Church. The original may
> have been filmed by the LDS. It is easy to tell by looking for original
> signatures.
>
> Raymond
>
>
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