On Wed, 4 May 2011 10:48:22 +0000 Chris Dixon <chrisdix666@hotmail.com> wrote: Hello Chris, > My Question is - If the Father is Deceased at marriage would a brother > be entered as the Father on the certificate ?? and therefore could The person entered /should/ be the father of the (in this case) the bride. If the father is unknown, the space should be blank. *However* as no checking is done, unless the Registrar has reason to believe someone is lying, the name entered for father can be whatever the bride wished. It could be that the bride believed the name she gave was her father's name or she might have lied to cover up some family "scandal" or given that name for some other reason. > Svend be Veras Brother? Could be, but you need to do a fair bit more research before reaching any conclusions. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Your father was a megalomaniac, you've got an insane brother Pure Mania - The Vibrators