COLEEN COLEMAN wrote: > How do I locate the right marriage record for the lady named Bridget > Hyland age 23 in 1861 Middlesex with John, Mary and their (2) two > children w/would like ordering all (7) seven certificates? By asking the GRO to do a reference check which you can do by NOT giving the reference. The GRO will see if the *father's name* matches together with any other information you have *confirmed* is correct and issue you with the cert if it matches but give you a refund if it does not. > I would like to find one with her parents possibly being listed as > Thomas and Catherine. As has been said already: the mother is NOT given on English marriage certs. The father "possibly being listed" isn't enough. You have to be absolutely sure Thomas was the father or you are going to end up wasting a lot of time and money chasing the wrong family. > DATES: > Dec 1861 Vol.8d pg.847 > June 1864 vol.6b pg.927 > Sept 1864 6d pg.396 > June 1866 Vol.8e pg.84 > Dec 1866 Vol.8c pg.243 > Dec 1867 vol.8b pg.410 > Mar 1869 vol.6c pg.228 None of those are in Middlesex or close so not likely to be yours. The volume numbers are for a number of different areas in the Midlands (NOT Middlesex) and the North of England. The volume number for Middlesex is generally 1 followed by a letter. Bridget may have married when she was much older or not at all. > If someone could get me a quick check on these records and let me > know which one I need to order for my records as I am almost positive > this is my family. Each registration district covers a number of difference parishes. It's not a quick and easy check but a long one. It's a big ask. You are wanting someone to check around 14 weeks worth of marriages in dozens of parishes in order to find one marriage. That's several hours worth of work. The parish registers are arranged in date order NOT alphabetical order and no one has access to the certs held by the GRO. The only way to access the GRO certs is to buy them. If you click on the page number in FreeBMD you will find the possible husbands. Have a look in the 1881 census (which is free of charge) for each of the potential *husbands* to see if they have a wife call Bridget. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk