MARGARET LAWRENCE wrote: > Jenny, to get any further details you need to purchase the > certificate that will give you all sorts of extra information that > is not held in the indexes, some certificates though just say > 'Parish Church' without giving the actual name. There weren't marriage certificates in 1783. Copies of the marriage entry can be obtained from the parish registers which, in this case, are at Bristol Record Office for a fee. Certificates didn't start until 1 July 1837. Typically, a 1783 marriage would only give the date of the marriage, name of the bride and groom, their condition, whether they were of the parish or the name of the parish if they weren't, plus witnesses. There'd be no fathers names nor occupations. There would also be the signatures or marks of the parties and witnesses (not always legible). -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

On 2011/03/04 18:50, Charani wrote: > Typically, a 1783 marriage would only give the date of the marriage, > name of the bride and groom, their condition, whether they were of the > parish or the name of the parish if they weren't, plus witnesses. > There'd be no fathers names nor occupations. There would also be the > signatures or marks of the parties and witnesses (not always legible). And some 18th century clerics weren't all that sober when they wrote the register up :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg