Ruth > Don't forget that FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD, as well as the FreeBMD > transcript on Ancestry, are all from the same source, so if the original > index to marriages at the GRO is incorrect, so will the others be. You are quite wrong in the above statement unless you mean: 'There was a Birth, There was a Marriage, There was a Death'. To include CheshireBMD in the statement shows a complete lack of knowledge as to the process involved in bringing this wonderful resource to the internet. CheshireBMD entries are transcribed from the indexes held by the individual Register Offices and then these transcriptions are further checked against the ORIGINAL reigisters held by the that Register Office with any errors or omissions being corrected/inserted. Throughout this process several checks are made to ensure that you have the most accurate resource available. Several counties are now using the CheshireBMD software and these can be seen at http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/. Hope you find this useful Have Fun & Look Wide Bob Kirk Late of Dukinfield Cheshire www.Kirksoft.me.uk http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk On 10 Jan 2014, at 13:49, Acorn Cottage <orange.wasps@live.co.uk> wrote: > The marriage allegation will simply an oath that there was no hindrance to > the parties marrying. It did not necessarily mean that they did marry, > although it is unusual to go through the process of obtaining a licence > (which was the purpose of the Bond and Allegation) and then not follow > through. > > Don't forget that FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD, as well as the FreeBMD > transcript on Ancestry, are all from the same source, so if the original > index to marriages at the GRO is incorrect, so will the others be. The > allegation usually indicates where the proposed marriage will take place - I > suggest you check the register, if it is a church, just to make sure. > > Ruth in Hampshire > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julian Ravenscroft >> Sent: 10 January 2014 13:07 >> To: cheshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CHS] Marriage Allegation on FamilySearch but no >> marriage found >> >> Hello All and Happy New Year, >> >> I was searching for a marriage in Cheshire between James >> PENDLEBURY and his wife Ann (no surname known prior to the >> search). I found the allegation with Ann DAVENPORT on family >> search but no marriage in 1861. Other researchers have James >> marrying in Rochdale,Lancashire to an Ann TUDOR and the names >> of the children include Tudor as a middle name. >> >> No marriage for James and Ann DAVENPORT could be found in >> FreeBMD, Ancestry or CheshireBMD websites and I wondered if >> the marriage had just been missed from transcriptions. No >> church name is given by family search. >> >> Any suggestions welcome >> >> Best wishes, >> J >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bob - you miss my point. If the entry is missing from the original indices, then it will also be missing from the other compilations. I do not denigrate the work of those involved with Cheshire BMDs or any other source, but their accuracy and completeness depends on the quality of their source material. Ruth Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Jan 2014, at 20:50, Robert Kirk <bob.kirk@me.com> wrote: > > Ruth >> Don't forget that FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD, as well as the FreeBMD >> transcript on Ancestry, are all from the same source, so if the original >> index to marriages at the GRO is incorrect, so will the others be. > > You are quite wrong in the above statement unless you mean: 'There was a Birth, There was a Marriage, There was a Death'. > To include CheshireBMD in the statement shows a complete lack of knowledge as to the process involved in bringing this wonderful resource to the internet. CheshireBMD entries are transcribed from the indexes held by the individual Register Offices and then these transcriptions are further checked against the ORIGINAL reigisters held by the that Register Office with any errors or omissions being corrected/inserted. Throughout this process several checks are made to ensure that you have the most accurate resource available. > > Several counties are now using the CheshireBMD software and these can be seen at http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/. > > Hope you find this useful > > Have Fun & Look Wide > > Bob Kirk > Late of Dukinfield > Cheshire > > www.Kirksoft.me.uk > http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk > > > >> On 10 Jan 2014, at 13:49, Acorn Cottage <orange.wasps@live.co.uk> wrote: >> >> The marriage allegation will simply an oath that there was no hindrance to >> the parties marrying. It did not necessarily mean that they did marry, >> although it is unusual to go through the process of obtaining a licence >> (which was the purpose of the Bond and Allegation) and then not follow >> through. >> >> Don't forget that FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD, as well as the FreeBMD >> transcript on Ancestry, are all from the same source, so if the original >> index to marriages at the GRO is incorrect, so will the others be. The >> allegation usually indicates where the proposed marriage will take place - I >> suggest you check the register, if it is a church, just to make sure. >> >> Ruth in Hampshire >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julian Ravenscroft >>> Sent: 10 January 2014 13:07 >>> To: cheshire@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [CHS] Marriage Allegation on FamilySearch but no >>> marriage found >>> >>> Hello All and Happy New Year, >>> >>> I was searching for a marriage in Cheshire between James >>> PENDLEBURY and his wife Ann (no surname known prior to the >>> search). I found the allegation with Ann DAVENPORT on family >>> search but no marriage in 1861. Other researchers have James >>> marrying in Rochdale,Lancashire to an Ann TUDOR and the names >>> of the children include Tudor as a middle name. >>> >>> No marriage for James and Ann DAVENPORT could be found in >>> FreeBMD, Ancestry or CheshireBMD websites and I wondered if >>> the marriage had just been missed from transcriptions. No >>> church name is given by family search. >>> >>> Any suggestions welcome >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> J >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >