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From: "Caroline Bradford" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Ordering Certificates (was Marriage in Romford,June 1/4 1865)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:53:58 -0000
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Hi Heather

The problem with ordering marriage certificates from a local registrar is
due to the way they are indexed. Unlike births and deaths, which can easily
be found via an approximate date (i.e. the quarter they were registered in),
local offices index marriages by venue (i.e. the church, chapel, synagogue,
registry office etc). So unless you know not just when but where it took
place, most registrars will not be willing to undertake the search. There
are some who are more helpful than others, but they are becoming few and far
between as funding cuts at local government level bite into staff budgets.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

Caroline

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:essex-uk-
> ] On Behalf Of The Quineys
> Sent: 21 November 2007 08:46
> To: Essex Rootsweb
> Subject: Re: [Ess] Ordering Certificates (was Marriage in Romford, June
> 1/4 1865)
>
> Hello Eve
>
> I am intrigued by your comment about never ordering marriage
> certificates from the local record office. I have been led to believe
> that this is the *best* place to order from as they have been
> transcribed from the original the least number of times and therefore
> most likely to be accurate.
>
> Although it is on a Lancashire site, the conclusions are nationwide ...
> http://www.lfhhs.org.uk/help/factsh/lbmd.htm
>
> However, as I haven't ordered *any* certificates for a few months, I am
> willing to be corrected if I have misunderstood anything ;-)
>
> Heather Q
>
>
>
> Eve Ferguson wrote:
> > Never order MCs from the local registration offices as Marriages are
> filed
> > by the church so they will not be able to take the time to search for
> you.
> > Eve
> >
>
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