Thanks, Joe It should also be noted that the CD doesn't seem to work on a Mac computer. I don't THINK it is just my lack of computer skills (although I am ready to stand corrected on that one any time). My SMI CD lies a-mouldering pristine in its pack because I cannot use it on my computer. Cordelia 14526 On 2 December 2012 23:25, Joe Bysh <[email protected]> wrote: > I sense some misunderstanding on this List about the Sussex Marriage Index > which SFHG issued on CD in 2004 comprising details of over 300,000 marriages > by Banns or Licence and includes Catholic, Nonconformist and Quaker > marriages. As well as marriages in Sussex it includes Sussex spouses who > married in Surrey, London and Fleet. > The few addenda were put on the SFHG website and are included on later > copies of the CD. But as the completed index of every extant record is on > CD, SFHG have no plans to put the Index on the members' Data Archive. > > When the Index was conceived nearly 50 years ago it was intended as a > finding device for EVERY known marriage prior to General Registration which > began on 1st July 1837. > If you have found just one Sussex ancestor who married before 1837, the > Index can potentially find thousands more of your ancestors in the preceding > 12 generations in the 300 years back to 1538 when King Henry VIII set up > Parish Registers. > > A Sussex Family Historian without the Sussex Marriage Index CD is like a > writer without a dictionary ! > > Joe Bysh, Publications Officer, SFHG #5525 > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:26:44 -0000 >> From: Judy Excell <[email protected]> >> Think I should point out that SMI is up to 1837, erratically a little >> further. >> Judy Excell > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:26 PM >> The SMI only covers as far as 1850, Roger. .... >> Phil Vaughan >> >> Roger Nash >> Sent: November-27-12 1:59 PM >> Subject: [SFHG] Denyer marriage >> Please can someone with access to Sussex Marriage Index check out a >> marriage in about 1870 +- 5 years for James Denyer of Kirdford to Martha. >> They have no children in 1871 census in Plaistow Kirdford, so I believe >> them >> to be newly married. A possible marriage is to Martha Meredith Nightingale >> (born Warnham) in 1871 Petworth District. My normal method of finding them >> on the same page in the indexes on Ancestry has defeated me! > >> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:04:58 -0500 >> From: sandra moffatt <[email protected]> >> Does anyone with access to the Sussex marriage index do a look up for me? >> I'm trying to see if a James Hobden appeared on many marriage records in >> Bolney as a witness. (1800-1830) Thank you,Sandra >> 22/11/1820 >> ?Groom??????????HOBDEN Thomas >> Bride???????? ????STARLEY Martha >> Witness???? HOBDEN James >> Witness???? TAYLOR John >> ? >> ? >> Neal > > > ------------------------------- > 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