Hello listers, I have discovered through the Times link (what a wonderful tip!) the marriage of a Cambs girl, at the British Consul's in Bordeaux. Any ideas on how to look at the records for that? Regards, Joao Pereira

----- Original Message ----- From: "João Pereira" <jpereira@ipimar.pt> To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:37 AM Subject: [ENG-CAMB] marriage at a British Consul's > I have discovered through the Times link (what a wonderful tip!) the > marriage of a Cambs girl, at the British Consul's in Bordeaux. Any ideas > on how to look at the records for that? Depends upon the year of the marriage, but it could be listed in the Consular Returns index at the FRC in London. FAMILY RECORDS CENTRE (FRC) ------------------------- http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ (GRO indexes, also once known as St. Caths, held here) ------------------------------------------------------ Here you will have free access to the Civil Registration indexes from 1837 up until 2001, and order certificates over the counter for 7.00 UK Pounds each. Some restrictions may apply to copies of birth certificates issued after 1950. The General Registrar Office [England and Wales], in addition to the familiar Indexes of civil "hatches, matches and dispaches", holds a series of indexed "Miscellaneous Registers". These include: Consular Returns. Information on births, marriages and deaths of British subjects in foreign countries since 1849, provided they were notified to Consular Officials. Army Chaplains' Registers of births (1760-1955), marriages (1796-1955) and deaths (from 1761). Army Regimental Registers of Births (from 1761), registers of Marriages on HM Ships (1849-1889) and deaths (1899-1902) of Field Forces during the wars in South Africa. Royal Air Force Returns, Similar registers since 1920. Natal and South Africa Field Forces Deaths during the Boer War (1899-1902). Deaths abroad of Officers and Men in the Three Services (separate volumes) during the two World Wars. Keith Wellington, NZ