Thanks Keith and Pam. I thought there might be some parishes that recorded this extra information before 1754. Karen On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Keith Drage <[email protected]> wrote: > Strangely the Catalogue at the Norfolk Record Office does not list a > separate marriage register from 1754 until 1816, but includes the > marriages for this period still in the same book as the baptisms (in > contravention to Hardwicke's act. > > It may be therefore that the clerk at Bradfield ignored the act and > carried on making the entries in the old style (without witnesses). > > Does anyone have access to confirm this? > > Keith Drage > Swindon UK > > On 01/03/2014 02:12, Keith Drage wrote: >> Space was included for witness names in the printed registers produced >> to support Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, introduced 25 March 1754. >> Among other things, the act required the signing of the marriage entry >> by the minister, the couple, and two witnesses. >> >> Keith Drage >> Swindon UK >> >> On 01/03/2014 01:45, Karen Hodges wrote: >>> Does anyone know when witness names to marriages were first recorded >>> in parish records in Norfolk? >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 01 Mar 2014 00:10, 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. >>>> According to the AT version, there were no witnesses. See www.freereg.org.uk >>>> <http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=470089> >>>> >>>> Looks like the PR version (which would have witnesses) isn't available on >>>> FamilySearch. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Mike Fry >>>> Johannesburg >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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