I have a paid subscription on Ancestry which gives me access to what appears to be a copy of the marriage register for my great grandmother. If I order the official marriage certificate will it give me any more information? The marriage took place in 1880 cheers Sheila

Hi Sheila No, it's exactly the same. Cheers Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila and Brian Longden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: [MDX] Birth certificates and Ancestry.com >I have a paid subscription on Ancestry which gives me access to what >appears to be a copy of the marriage register for my great grandmother. If >I order the official marriage certificate will it give me any more >information? The marriage took place in 1880 > > cheers Sheila > > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in > CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sheila If you give the names and places we can double check for you but if it is a marriage registration from a Parish Register it will be the same detail if you order from the GRO or local office The copy on Ancestry is generally more desirable at it is may be signed by the people getting married A copy from the GRO would not be signed by them and may have errors that creep in as its a transcript of information sent from the local office The local office copy may or may not have the signatures of the couple As I said previously if you supply the names and details we can confirm the above for you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/10/2012 11:39, Sheila and Brian Longden wrote: > I have a paid subscription on Ancestry which gives me access to what > appears to be a copy of the marriage register for my great > grandmother. If I order the official marriage certificate will it > give me any more information? The marriage took place in 1880 > > cheers Sheila

> I have a paid subscription on Ancestry which gives me access to what appears to be a copy of the marriage register Access to facsimiles of the 1880 marriage registers in London and some other counties will give you exactly what you would find on a bought certificate from ONS so don't waste your money. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

Sheila and Brian Longden wrote: > I have a paid subscription on Ancestry which gives me access to what appears to be a copy of the marriage register for my great grandmother. If I order the official marriage certificate will it give me any more information? The marriage took place in 1880 One thing that does not seem to have been mentioned is that ordering a certificate through Ancestry will cost you considerably more than the same certificate would through the GRO direct. Ancestry have to order their certificates from the GRO. The only other official source is the local register office. There is no other alternative source for births or deaths. Marriages, as has been said, can be found in the marriage registers, many of which for the London area (excluding in the main the City of Westminster) are available on Ancestry. From the GRO it would cost you 9.25GBP, postage paid anywhere in the world. For what is and is not on English and Welsh certificates see: http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk