Rob That is NOT quite correct .... The Church has the original, a copy is made for the Registrars and one is made for the Couple themselves. Every quarter the Local Registrar makes a copy as a return to the GRO. EXCEPT When it is a Registry Marriage or one conducted by the Registrar - In this instance the Church does NOT have any copy at all. regards Bill Harrison Webmaster Staffs BMD and WestMidlands BMD -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of famh1story@aol.com Sent: 14 July 2012 20:22 To: abruce@madasafish.com; staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Records at Newcastle-under-Lyme? The church make three copies. One for the church one for local office and one for the gro quarterly returns Rob Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Adrian Bruce" <abruce@madasafish.com> Sender: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:14:20 To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: abruce@madasafish.com, staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Records at Newcastle-under-Lyme? <<snipped>> "26 November 2011 All Stafford Register Office registers have been moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme. Please ensure that all application forms are sent to the correct register office. " Does this mean that a visit to the Staffs Record Office in Stafford is no longer going to enable the searching of the various parish records? <<snipped>> Parish registers are totally different from the Registers used to record the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The only cross-over between the two is for church marriages, where one copy is kept in the church and eventually ends up in a Record Office or similar, and the other copy (eventually) goes to the Local Register Office. The PRs will not be affected by this move. Adrian B ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message