> Name of father to both sides who marry, SHOULD be on the wedding > certificate. I've not been following this thread, but *IF* this marriage was of the parents of John the First Fleeter - which it appears to be from the context - then the Register will NOT show the fathers' names :-( That specific requirement wasn't introduced until the adoption of Civil Registration on 1 July 1837. Gus

Gus, can you tell us, and maybe others, what on earth WAS on a wedding certificate before 1837. With so many people having the same names, how did one differentiate between John Small of Blogs Street who married Mary Dunnnowho, and John Small of Jones Street who also married a Mary, both in the same district....how would you ever find YOUR John or for that matter, your Mary? Robyn, Qld. Oz. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Gus Tysoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Name of father to both sides who marry, SHOULD be on the wedding > > certificate. > I've not been following this thread, but *IF* this marriage was of the > parents of John the First Fleeter - which it appears to be from the > context - then the Register will NOT show the fathers' names :-( > > That specific requirement wasn't introduced until the adoption of Civil > Registration on 1 July 1837. > > Gus > > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Robyn Freney-Shaw Manager/Co-Ordinator Spiritus Soup Kitchen Toowoomba.