In a message dated 11/11/2009 16:32:56 GMT Standard Time, NEGenealogy@aol.com writes: The information written down by the registrar when an event is registered is that which appears on the certificate- and they have not (yet) begun giving them away for nothing! Geoff Nicholson Hi Geoff, Just for info purposes ( and to keep it right, some of my Durham family did marry in London) the Ancestry scans for that area,from very early 1800's, up until 1921, are of the registers signed by the Bride & Groom and their witnesses. Names & occupations of fathers. 4 marriages in each scan. I have justified my Worldwide sub about 5 times over in the last couple of months! Regards Hazel "Life is a roller-coaster...........just got to ride it!"

WHRutherford@aol.com wrote: > Just for info purposes ( and to keep it right, some of my Durham family did > marry in London) the Ancestry scans for that area,from very early 1800's, > up until 1921, are of the registers signed by the Bride & Groom and their > witnesses. Names & occupations of fathers. > 4 marriages in each scan. Hazel You are presumably referring to images of church records held at the London Metropolitan Archives. These only cover a proportion of marriages in London and do not cover the list area at all, so these aren't relevant here. As Geoff says, all you'll get for this area on Ancestry, are scans of the indexes. > I have justified my Worldwide sub about 5 times over in the last couple of > months! Please don't promote commercial enterprises. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer