Hello Dennis and Nivard, I have seen parents as witnesses - in quite a lot of cases of this it is where one or both of the parties are under-age and the parents have had to give their consent. The LDS images for Norfolk are online, but I do not see Bradfield listed, so that makes me wonder whether the LDS have the original or a transcription/member submission. That suggests contacting Norfolk Record Office as being your best option for a copy. Regards Peter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 28 February 2014 22:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NFK] Marriage @ Bradfield, Norfolk, 1775 Hi Dennis Sorry I can't help with the copy but even if the parents were witnesses, which is not the norm, you wouldn't know as relationship is not normally mentioned As the marriage is on familysearch you could order a copy from the LDS if others can't help you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 28/02/2014 22:10, Dennis Galley wrote: > I would like to obtain a copy of a marriage record from the Parish > Registers for Bradfield, Norfolk. John GALLEY and Elizabeth BULLAMORE > (BULLEMURE) were married on March 22, 1775. I am particularly > interested in knowing whether or not either parents were witnesses. > > Thanks in advance... > > Dennis Galley, > Port Elgin, Ontario, > Canada ------------------------------- 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 Peter I didn't say parents are never recorded, just that normally they are not On occasion you get a father, even rarer a mother if one or other (usually the bride) were a minor but even then it depended upon the clerk recording the relationship, sometimes the witnesses have the same names as the parents but you can't say with any certainly that they were the parents, in my experience siblings, uncle/aunt or cousins are more likely The parent(s) didn't need to be recorded to give permission, or in fact be there in person Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/03/2014 07:59, Peter J Richardson wrote: > Hello Dennis and Nivard, > > I have seen parents as witnesses - in quite a lot of cases of this it is > where one or both of the parties are under-age and the parents have had to > give their consent. > > The LDS images for Norfolk are online, but I do not see Bradfield listed, so > that makes me wonder whether the LDS have the original or a > transcription/member submission. That suggests contacting Norfolk Record > Office as being your best option for a copy. > > Regards > Peter