Dear Listers, Recently because of a request by Bea from London, I have had another look at my great-grandparents information and to start went on-line and ordered their marriage record from the General Register Office. Two things struck me straight away - firstly they had his first name wrong - Hyman instead of Abraham (did this mean that the wedding should have been for his elder brother Hyman, but Abraham stood in instead?). The mis-spelling of the surname did not worry me quite as much. 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. Miriam Searching for the family Sabel who arrived in England 1890s