Hi Marcelle FreeBMD should always be ones first port of call for searching civil registration indices (except possibly for deaths after 1865 - only Ancestry allows you to search the death index on an approximate date of birth) and is now pretty much complete well into the 20th century. Here is the marriage Marriages Sep 1958 COOLEN Charles J LUCAS Wood Green 5f 1659 LUCAS Margaret F COOLER Wood Green 5f 1659 Ancestry was clearly struggling because of the difference in Charles's surname. Best wishes Caroline > > Hi List > > I've found the following marriage on Ancestry > > Margaret F Lucas > Spouse Name: Cooler > Date of Reg: Jul-Aug-Sept 1958 > Reg District: Wood Green > Inferred County: Middlesex > Vol 5f > Page No. 1659 > > Even though I have the Vol & Page number, when I click 'find Spouse' > I'm told there's insufficient information. > Is someone able to help me with the 'given' name of COOLER please. > > Cheers > > Marcelle > Western Australia >

Caroline - why do you say "only Ancestry allows you to search the death index on an approximate date of birth"? On a death search FreeBMD allows you to enter into its "Death age/DOB box" something like "@1834-1838" to give the approximate year range of birth, while FMP has a year of birth box (with +/-). With its more flexible use of year range, FreeBMD is always my first port of call for deaths up to about 1950 - and its option to limit searches to one or more reg districts or counties is an added bonus. Lawrence > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:47:09 +0100 > Subject: Re: [MDX] COOLER ? & LUCAS Margaret Florence > > Hi Marcelle > > FreeBMD should always be ones first port of call for searching civil > registration indices (except possibly for deaths after 1865 - only Ancestry > allows you to search the death index on an approximate date of birth) and is > now pretty much complete well into the 20th century.