Dear Fellow Listers, Would SKS please do a check on the 1856 Marriage of a John Moore, in the Darlington area? According to the Free BMD site, this is A marriage for a John Moore in the quarter ending Sept 1856. I'm wondering if this is "my" John Moore. I hoping it has his birth year and his occupation, and also a father's name. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you ever so much, in advance, for your time and trouble. Yours truly, Margaret Taylor Alberta, Canada

Hi Margaret Sadly there is no easy way for anyone to check this marriage, especially if you do not know which church they married in. The most practicable option will be to buy the certificate. The Darlington Register Office on-line index http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm produces this result: MOORE John DCE6/2 72 1856 spouse WALKER Fanny Is this the entry you are interested in? Unfortunately they say " Overseas Applications: Payment must be in pounds sterling, and to be drawn from a London based bank account." It will therefore be easier to use the FreeBMD reference you found: Marriages Sep 1856 Moore John Darlington volume 10a page 15 to order the certificate from the national General Register Office from this site, where you can pay by credit card on-line: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ It costs 7.50 pounds including postage. To see what information is on the various BMD certificates, click on the "Info" tab on FreeBMD. It may give his actual age (or the age he told them), but at that date they sometimes just put 'full age" i.e. 21 or over. It will give his occupation & his father's name and occupation. There is a small chance you could find the marriage in the on-line Bishops' Transcripts (BTs) - see here http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1204246582134#start You need to click on the map and follow the links. The BTs have not been indexed so the search function that comes up will not help you. All the best with your research. Ingrid > > > > Would SKS please do a check on the 1856 Marriage of a John Moore, in > the > Darlington area? According to the Free BMD site, this is > > A marriage for a John Moore in the quarter ending Sept 1856. > > > > I'm wondering if this is "my" John Moore. I hoping it has his birth > year > and his occupation, and also a father's name. > > > > Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you ever so much, in advance, for your time and trouble. > > > > Yours truly, > > > > Margaret Taylor > > Alberta, Canada > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > [email protected] > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hello Margaret, The marriage took place in the parish church of Holy Trinity, Darlington. 1856, page 36 entry 72 Aug 30th, John Moore, of full age, Bachelor, Joiner, Cockerton Bridge, Darlington, son of John Moore, Joiner Fanny Walker, of full age, Spinster, Harewood Grove, Darlington, daughter of Thomas Walker, Sawyer. Married........after Publication before the Board of Guardians signed John Moore, Fanny Walker X her mark witnessed by, John George Ree (Rae?), Mary Ann Garget (both signed) Regards, Colin From: Margaret To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:03 AM Subject: [DUR-NBL] John Moore Marriage 1856 Darlingon Dear Fellow Listers, Would SKS please do a check on the 1856 Marriage of a John Moore, in the Darlington area? According to the Free BMD site, this is A marriage for a John Moore in the quarter ending Sept 1856.