On 14-12-2014 23:05, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 14/12/2014 21:37, brightside S9 wrote: >> There doesn't seem to be any Hampshire local BMD site to check out a >> local record. I think I will just go for the marriage cert from GRO. >> It is John's father that interests me. > > The error (assuming it is "typo" for Lenton) might be just in the GRO > Index or could be in the GRO's register. Why not get a "local Cert" > from Portsmouth? Think Jenny is correct. Awesome find of Tickettyboo so stay as close as possible to the original entry. Richard -- Richard van Schaik [email protected] http://www.fmavanschaik.nl/ The world is one big madhouse and this is main office.

On 2014-12-15 00:23:20 +0000, Richard van Schaik said: > On 14-12-2014 23:05, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> On 14/12/2014 21:37, brightside S9 wrote: >>> There doesn't seem to be any Hampshire local BMD site to check out a >>> local record. I think I will just go for the marriage cert from GRO. >>> It is John's father that interests me. >> >> The error (assuming it is "typo" for Lenton) might be just in the GRO >> Index or could be in the GRO's register. Why not get a "local Cert" >> from Portsmouth? > > Think Jenny is correct. Awesome find of Tickettyboo so stay as close as > possible to the original entry. > > Richard I have a good few surnames on my tree which were just ripe for mistranscription. As brightside had obviously looked and drawn a blank, I tried FreeBMD. Surname L*, first name John, spouse first name Esther and a time frame of 1864 +/- 5 years, Hampshire. This entry was the only 'kind of possible' result that turned up. It 'is' a long shot, but in the absecnce of other possibles its worth looking into. The last two letters (ch) 'could' have been a misread 'on' or 'en' . http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/portsea%20island.html That says the registers are now held at Hampshire or Portsmouth. I'd be contacting them to ask them 'if' the original entry is the one I was looking for and, if so, buying from them. If not, an email or two would have saved the cost of an incorrect cert. I do buy lots of certs, but I try my damndest to make sure I only spend out what I need to :-) -- Tickettyboo