On 11/01/15 06:17, Anne Chambers wrote: > Geoff wrote: >> Hi >> >> I wondered if anyone has access to the marriage records of Nutfield in >> Sussex for 1809? >> >> I am referring to a marriage between Francis Stray & Ann Wells which >> took place on 15th August 1809. I >> have found the marriage in Ancestry amongst "Selected marriage records >> but this doesn't give me enough >> information. Likewise with IGI (Family search) Anne was born in 1785. >> >> I particularly need to know who Ann's parents were or at least her >> father. There were several Ann Wells born >> in and around that time & place and I can't prove which one she is. >> Records for Nuthurst seem rather rare >> unfortunately >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. >> >> Geoff > Seeing the original probably wouldn't help either - before 1837, > marriage entries in the parish register usually only gave the name of > the bride and the groom. > Usually, yes. But you never know your luck as vicars could have their little eccentricities about what they recorded. e.g. for a time in the mid C18th the Kirkburton burial registers were divided into columns giving date of death, age and even cause of death in addition to the usual details. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk

> > Seeing the original probably wouldn't help either - before 1837, > > marriage entries in the parish register usually only gave the name of > > the bride and the groom. > > > > Usually, yes. But you never know your luck as vicars could have their > little eccentricities about what they recorded. e.g. for a time in the > mid C18th the Kirkburton burial registers were divided into columns > giving date of death, age and even cause of death in addition to the > usual details. > These are the Dade registers, and the practice applies mainly to clergy in Yorkshire and a few in Notts. Rare as hen's teeth where parsons were not relying on York for advancement in the church. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society