I earlier posted about a Divorce Record in W.A for a marriage 1898- not needed now as "the party of the first part" i.e. the first wife of our ancestor Smith, was married in Perth 1935 under Licence and under the 'provisions of the marriage Act 1894' -she was in her 50s, condition being "presumed widow". So, no divorce had been applied for. Our ancestor - still alive - did marry again too, the details as to his age, parents' names, father's occupation matching with his NSW certificate,but to be absolutely certain they were one and the same person,we'd like to match signatures. This NSW 2nd marriage cert, 1909 - was a handwritten copy, likely by the (Congregational) Minister. Would anyone know how one gets a copy showing the original signatures of the parties? PS Wife of this marriage died, and 3rd marriage occurred, in Regional NSW 1930s. Maybe original signatures could be found in this period? I looked at Joy Murrin (transcriber's site) but did not see any information about this. Many thanks.

On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 23:52:03 -0700 (PDT), Di Allen <diymort@gmail.com> wrote: >This NSW 2nd marriage cert, 1909 - was a handwritten copy, likely by the (Congregational) Minister. >Would anyone know how one gets a copy showing the original signatures of the parties? Usually this is possible if you can access the origonal record that the parties signed, most commonly a church marriage register. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www.eldridgegenealogy.org Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000s at my Web site *Wanted* Any Eldridge related information This newsgroup post is not an invitation to reply by email.

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