Hi Robert You are certainly not ploughing a lone furrow as I have been using this process for many years (but haven't yet had time to read the latest edition of JOONS (which only came yesterday morning so have no idea what it says there). It is often easy to identify the "other parties" via the census or online marriage information. When it fails of course is if the two possible wives share the same forename, but even the census may help with sorting them out. But I have a question for you? What is wrong with the same process for the 1837-1852 marriages? True you have eight people to deal with instead of only four, but if there is only one spouse with the correct forename, it is no harder to use! The main reason people do not use it is that they are unaware of the simple matter of querying the FreeBMD results for all the marriages on the same page.....(click on the page number!). Mind you some poeple still seem to be unaware of FreeBMD itself! As to the "3 or 5" results that you mention, many are down to hard/impossible to read page numbers in the GRO index (this was true even of some parts of the actual pages in the on the shelf early hand-writtenvolumes, where much useage had worn the ink off the velum), and so checking all the results for that quarter and Registration District may well supply possibilities or corrections to adjust them to the correct 4. But sometimes 5 (or even more) will reflect a marriage partner who is known by two different surnames for various reasons. Kind regards Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fowler via" <[email protected]> To: "Goons Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 7:06 AM Subject: [G] Members Spot Quiz - IMP on the GMI MM ??? Answers Provided Hi There has been zero discussion on this Forum about the IMP concept, mentioned in the Mar-Jun Journal 2016. So I have knocked together a quick quiz, for those that do not understand Inferred Marriage Partners. 1. What are IMP marriages? 2. What use are IMP marriages? 3. Will they be searchable on the GMI? 4. Where will the information come from? 5. Can we made it easier for Marriage Challengers? Before the answers, link to an even older article on the subject: http://www.one-name.org/members/journal/articles/vol11-9_Fowler.pdf 1. A simple concept for marriages 1852-1911 where four names are listed, if two are paired the remaining two can also be matched. 2. GMI is the source of all information we know about marriages for new members etc. The more information the better. 3. Not yet but soon, I am advised - but all my IMPs are already submitted. 4. From a detailed study of all Fowler marriages on the GMI, 90%+ currently come from MCs & CPs. 5 Yes Give them the information with your MC submission !!! The Hungerford MC closes on the 9th April, to see my suggestion for editing the standard submissions Excel: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RTLPQUKaVn7wU-hpUp03CxNCVZBoVYPmFRjcbIoAxWw/edit#gid=1878539376 As the meerkat says - "SIMPLE". Why the initiative for this needs to come from me ? - No Idea, any support out there, on am I ploughing a lone furrough? Robert Fowler 5464 PS You can ask the Challenger for help with the odd 3 & 5 name records on FreeBMD !!