Hi Shannon The certificate you see on Ancestry is a scan of the original, as signed by the couple If you order the same event from the GRO what you will get is a copy made from a transcript sent quarterly from the local registrar to the GRO So it should be the same but may include any mistakes made in the process Why not post more details on your family and see if it can be proven within reason before you go further, as you seem to have some doubts If you give the details , census refs etc we can take a look for you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > HI, > > > I have found a marriage record Emma Arnold / Joseph Hammond in ancestry > under the London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 > > If I order a marriage certificate from records office would there likely > be > any different information on it? > > I thought I had Emma Arnold sorted to census records, but having ordered > the > mother's death certificate, I think I have the wrong family. > > I know I have it correct from 1881 census. Cannot seem to match things up > nicely with the earlier 1871 or 1861 census. > > I like the look of Kensington born and still need to order that birth > cert - > just hope it is correct having just paid and anxiously waited for the > arrival of one that seems unrelated :) > > Thanks > Shannon