Hi Miriam, Have you thought of obtaining the authorisation? You don't give a date but the authorisations I have seen ALWAYS give the maiden surname (or previously married surname). I have seen ones from early 1870s onwards. The other thing is, you might want to see if the certificate copy exists at local level (not GRO/ONS level). I know a lot of London ones don't because of WW2 bomb damage, but IF it does, the local registrar will do a photocopy of that part of the certificate for you to see for yourself, if you explain the position you are in and can quote the direct reference number and date and place from the certificate (i.e. NOT the GRO ref number) Exciting, isn't it? Sherry On 07/03/2008, Miriam Pollak <miriam_pollak@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Then I got the shock of my life. For the last twenty odd years I had > known my great-grandmother's maiden name as SWIDLER, yet there it was on the > certificate as SFERDLIN. The first thing I did was put "East London > Synagogue" into the web and it told me that they were being held at > Southampton University Library. Well, according to the librarian that > replied to my email, they are not, only some of the papers, but not the > marriage register. > > How do I get to see the original register? Does anyone know? How can I > find out what the actual register says for her maiden name? I have all > sorts of questions going around in my mind and was hoping that someone out > there could help me with this. > >

> Re: Registers for the East London Synagogue - 1892 > > Have you thought of obtaining the authorisation? You don't give a date but > the authorisations I have seen ALWAYS give the maiden surname (or previously > married surname). I have seen ones from early 1870s onwards. Yes - thats my next move but because its Shabbos I thought I'd email the Beth Din on Sunday rather than Saturday. > The other thing is, you might want to see if the certificate copy exists at > local level (not GRO/ONS level). I know a lot of London ones don't because > of WW2 bomb damage, but IF it does, the local registrar will do a photocopy > of that part of the certificate for you to see for yourself, if you explain > the position you are in and can quote the direct reference number and date > and place from the certificate (i.e. NOT the GRO ref number). I've got both the date of the marriage (17 January 1892) and the place (East London Synagogue). Do you know whether the records for Mile End still exist - I would assume not, as the east end of London coped a lot of direct hits during WWII, but then again I might be wrong. What do you mean by the 'direct reference number'? Is that the number of the actual certificate (under the number column)? Thanks for your help. Miriam (off to Tescos) Cambridge > > Exciting, isn't it? > Sherry > >