>Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:32:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: Karan Nicolaisen <ragnbone@sbcglobal.net> >Subject: Re:.What I.D. would have been required c. 1912 >Can S.K.S. please tell me what Identification papers, if any, would have >been required to get a >marriage licence or to get married in Melbourne >circa 1912. > > My brickwall is my maternal g-father who was an Englishman, claimed he >came to Australia around >1910 - 11......he met and married my g-mother who >was 2nd generation English-Australian, >...marriage date was 26 October, >1912 in Carlton, Melbourne. He NEVER spoke of his life >before coming >to Australia other than to claim that he spent some time in India with the >British >Army...... > > No one has been able to find any conclusive trace of him prior to his >arrival in Melbourne...... > > If there is any chance that there may be some information confirming any >paperwork sighted by >an official at the time of their marriage I would >like to know where I might apply to get copies of it >other than just the >marriage certificate. > > Hoping someone may be able to help me with this request.. > Karan Nicolaisen, > Ardmore, Ok. USA Hi Karan, Little or nothing would be the answer, and even if he had to show anything, no copies would have been kept. If he married in a church he may have been required to show proof of a baptism, but it wouldn't have been copied. I married in 1984, and I recall showing various documents to prove my identity amd marital status, but I don't recall giving copies, or copies being taken, so in 1912 even less of a chance, given no photocopiers. However, we are cunning little researchers over here, and if you would care to give full details, it wouldn't suprise me if someone could come up with some leads. Just say what has already been checked, and if you have any documents at all - give the full details, starting at the heading on the form, all dates, places, witnesses. Best wishes, Lenore Frost Essendon, Vic