Hi Brenda and Gord, I have a marriage certificate for county Down in 1869. It gives the bride's father's name and surname and underneath the word deceased. In the next column it gives occupations for the fathers and they listed both as farmers, rather than leave the deceased one blank. So the short answer to your query is at least a yes sometimes, although there may be variability with respect to the practice in different areas. Good luck with your search! Al Valentine, Winnipeg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda & Gord Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: [BELFAST] Marriage Certificates > I have been trying to find the deaths of certain of my family members - > and wonder of any knows if they would put > Deceased on the Marriage Certificates if the father was dead at the time > of marriage. I have yet to be able to prove this one way or another. I > wonder if anyone can tell me if they have a death before the marriage of > one of the children and what the certificates says. I may be off on my > thinking - but I can't seem to find them after the marriage date so > wonder if it could be before and they are just not saying so. I know > the English ones do? Any help would be appreciated. > Brenda Anderson > Brampton, Ontario > > > ==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== > NEVER open an attachment unless you are expecting it or you know exactly what it is. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >