George, Follow up and get a copy of the licence. Be very very careful when comparing handwriting on certificates. Anything issued by the GRO is of no use for that purpose as the handwring will that be of the clerks who made the copy sent by the vicar or supt registrar to the GRO. One issued by the vicar or supt registrar may be ok but only if it is photocpy from the original register and not a copy made by either of them. Chris Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bush" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:13 PM Subject: [SOG-UK] German Records > David > > Your comments have prompted me to look at the certificate a little more > closely. Although "nee Scott" does look like a later addition, it does > appear to be in the same hand as the rest of the certificate, particularly > where the witness "E.O. Scott" (almost certainly the bride's mother) is > concerned. I have also noticed that the marriage was by licence. Perhaps > this is where "single and unmarried" came from. I would imagine that as > she > gave Scott as the name of her father, both the vicar and whoever issued > the > licence would have to be convinced she was free to marry in the name > Winterfeldt. > > I must say it never occurred to me to look for another voyage to the > U.S.A., > mainly because I could find no trace of them having returned from the > first > one. At least if I can find some German records to search it will cut down > the number of years I shall have to look at. > > George > > ------------------------------- > 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