In a message dated 22/03/2007 18:05:10 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: [email protected] wrote: > In 1891 my grandmother Ellen married in her known name Nelly. Did people > not have to prove who they were when they got married back then? No, and they still don't. -- Charani (UK) Oh, I thought I had to produce my birth certificate many years ago - or maybe it was that we both had to turn up in person to register, beforehand. It's so long ago I've forgotten! Carol