From: "Ian Nicholls" <nicpen@bigpond.net.au> > The IGI shows Joseph Pinnington (Pennington) married harriet Chiswell > 17 October 1814 at Saint Peters Huddersfield. Can someone tell me how > to go about obtaining a copy of this marriage certificate and also > what information is shown on the certificates from around this time?> How many times do we have to explain this issue? There is NO such thing as a marriage certificate before 1837, since that was the year civil registration began in England and Wales (on July 1st). This is one of the very first things that beginners new to research in the UK should learn - it may help you to read my Newbies' Guide, URL below. What you can get is a copy of the marriage entry in the parish registers. You may choose to call this a marriage certificate but it is not the kind of certificate you get post-1837. The amount of detail varied according to the period, but in 1814 you should find the following..... The names of the bridegroom and bride, whether they were bachelor and spinster, their place(s) of residence if one or both were of other than the parish in which they were marrying, the groom's occupation, whether the marriage was by banns or licence, the name of the vicar or curate performing the service and the names of any witnesses; the parties being married and the witnesses either signed or made their mark if they were illiterate. If one of the parties was a minor and being married with the permission of parents or a guardian it should say so. What the marriage entry will NOT give you at this time is the names of parents. A marriage certificate after 1837 gives the names of both fathers but a parish register entry in 1814 is extremely unlikely to do so. The parish registers of St Peter's Huddersfield are at the West Yorkshire Archives, Wakefield branch. They will have an e-mail address which you should be able to find with Google. E-mail them, give them the precise details of what you want and they should be able to send you a copy of the entry. There will be a fee, of course. -- Roy Stockdill Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

I'm so sorry if I appear stupid but being Australian and a newcomer to this list I was not aware as we have marriage certificates for this period. I will not bother you with trivialities again. -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill Sent: Monday, 11 June 2007 5:25 PM To: WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [WRY] PINNINGTON/PENNINGTON -Joseph From: "Ian Nicholls" <nicpen@bigpond.net.au> > The IGI shows Joseph Pinnington (Pennington) married harriet Chiswell > 17 October 1814 at Saint Peters Huddersfield. Can someone tell me how > to go about obtaining a copy of this marriage certificate and also > what information is shown on the certificates from around this time?> How many times do we have to explain this issue? There is NO such thing as a marriage certificate before 1837, since that was the year civil registration began in England and Wales (on July 1st). This is one of the very first things that beginners new to research in the UK should learn - it may help you to read my Newbies' Guide, URL below. What you can get is a copy of the marriage entry in the parish registers. You may choose to call this a marriage certificate but it is not the kind of certificate you get post-1837. The amount of detail varied according to the period, but in 1814 you should find the following..... The names of the bridegroom and bride, whether they were bachelor and spinster, their place(s) of residence if one or both were of other than the parish in which they were marrying, the groom's occupation, whether the marriage was by banns or licence, the name of the vicar or curate performing the service and the names of any witnesses; the parties being married and the witnesses either signed or made their mark if they were illiterate. If one of the parties was a minor and being married with the permission of parents or a guardian it should say so. What the marriage entry will NOT give you at this time is the names of parents. A marriage certificate after 1837 gives the names of both fathers but a parish register entry in 1814 is extremely unlikely to do so. The parish registers of St Peter's Huddersfield are at the West Yorkshire Archives, Wakefield branch. They will have an e-mail address which you should be able to find with Google. E-mail them, give them the precise details of what you want and they should be able to send you a copy of the entry. There will be a fee, of course. -- Roy Stockdill Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message