To All I often see a statement that "according to the IOWFHS BMD site" such & such a marriage took place in the Register Office Newport IOW. Please understand it does NOT say that for any marriage. What it says is Register Office or Nonconformist / RC Church This means it did not take place in a Cof E church where the vicar was Registered to perform marriages as a Registrar and so a Registrar had to be present to legalise the wedding ceremony. It does necessarily mean that it took place at the Register Office in Newport (although it could have) It is more likely to be a Methodist, Baptist, IWBCC ceremony that a Registrar attended. Don

Dear All It has (quite rightly) been pointed out to me that I omitted an important "not" and that the second last para. should read It does NOT necessarily mean that it took place at the Register Office in Newport (although it could have) Apologies Don On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:29:51 GMT, I wrote: >To All >I often see a statement that "according to the IOWFHS BMD site" such & >such a marriage took place in the Register Office Newport IOW. > >Please understand it does NOT say that for any marriage. > >What it says is >Register Office or Nonconformist / RC Church > >This means it did not take place in a Cof E church where the vicar was >Registered to perform marriages as a Registrar and so a Registrar had >to be present to legalise the wedding ceremony. > >It does necessarily mean that it took place at the Register Office in >Newport (although it could have) > >It is more likely to be a Methodist, Baptist, IWBCC ceremony that a >Registrar attended. > >Don >