Hi If it was an Army marriage then it will be held by the English GRO in a seperate index. These indexes can be viewed at www.findmypast.com this is a pay per view site and will only give you the reference number....then you have to apply for the certificate from the GRO Southport, Mersyside at a cost of £7 regards Anton -------- Original Message -------- > Many thanks to both Gordon and Anton for their useful feedback. > > Cheers > Doug Blackstock > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Gordon Johnson <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk>wrote: > > >> Doug said: >> >>> Perhaps you can clarify something that has puzzled me for sometime: >>> >>> I have two marriage entries for William Blackstock and Mary Graham in >>> different parishes but 6 years apart. I'm reasonably sure that both >>> >> entries >> >>> refer to the same couple. The first, recorded in the Stirling parish >>> register in 1806 reads: >>> >>> William Blackstock, priv. Capt Hamilton's Co. R. L. Militia and Mary >>> >> Graham >> >>> of this par. >>> >>> The 2nd, in 1812 in the Dumfries parish register reads: >>> >>> William Blackstock and Mary Graham 2 >>> >>> I presume the '2' in the latter record may mean that it was the 2nd time >>> >> the >> >>> banns had been called. >>> >>> I've always assumed that the reason for the 6 year gap in the two records >>> >> is >> >>> that William was serving in the Militia and that they may have postponed >>> their marriage until he returned to civilian life. >>> >>> Is this a likely explanation? >>> >>> Regards >>> Doug Blackstock >>> >> ** This is a tricky one. There are several possible answers: >> 1. These may be two different couple who happened to have the same names >> (I had an example where both couples were in the same parish around the >> same time, which made the baptismal register look crazy!). You have to >> find something to prove one way or the other whether they were the same >> couple. >> 2. Assuming they are the same couple, they might have had their banns >> called in Stirling, but he was sent off elswhere before they could seal >> the knot. Then when he was more settled, he sent for her and they >> married in Dumfries. >> 3. They MAY have married in Stirling, but for some reason the validity >> of the claimed marriage was challenged at Dumfries,(perhaps the entry at >> Stirling did not make it clear that the marriage had gone ahead) and so >> they went through a marriage ceremony there to make everyone happy. >> You will note that neither entry explicit states that they were married >> on a specific date. This is common with church registers. >> 4. There may be another answer that I haven't brought to mind! >> Gordon. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-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 DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11300 > http://www.pctools.com/uk/internet-security/ > > E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11300 http://www.pctools.com/uk/internet-security/