Genealogy Chat

Is it possible for the name frances/is to be spelt: FRANCIS for a girl? Or would it need to be frances. I have got a marriage and hopefully it is the right girl on the 71 census it is spelt frances could this still be her? I cannot find a marriage registered under the husbands name from 1851-53 Stephanie. 10/10/05: hi everyone thanks for the ideas. i am going to check on 1837 online to check, but i am going to wait a while until i send off for the certificate. Thanks again steph.

Yep, they often did that.

I don't know whether to send off for the cert? Should i take a chance? Stephanie.

Ive seen it on census spelt the wrong way, so possible on certs. Give us the details and we can have a look.

I found it on free bmd Michael McLaughlin was the husband but i couldn't find anything under his name between 1851-1853 in liverpool. Frances/is McCormick i found a marriage december 1852 Liverpool. Stephanie.

You could put a query on Records office page, give them his name and the full ref you have for Francis/Frances and some kind soul could see if he is registered as marrying under same details as Francis? Put a heading '1837 marriage look up please'.

problem here -- all the adjacent pages have 2 boys and 2 girls, according to FreeBMD, but this one has Francis, Elizabeth, Catherine and Christina. Turns out Christina is actually Christino on the image, new one on me but I assume it's a boy's name, so it looks like Francis is the other groom as expected

Steph - have you looked on 1837 online, or just on FreeBMD? If you haven't looked on 1837 online I would say it is worth buying the credits and looking on there before spending £7 on ordering an unlikely certificate. Francis could easily be a mistranscription of Frances, but as one of your earlier replies says there are definitely two wives for that page number, this Francis must be a man. Also, try all variations of McCormick - MacCormick, McCormack, MacCormack, and probably there are some I haven't thought of! Oh, and there are loads of variations of McLoughlin too, as I am sure you already know. Kate.

Hi everyone thanks for carrying on the thread and all of your ideas...much appreciated. I looked at the thread this morning but only thought it wise to thank you all know incase you did not see it in the morning. Thanks again stephanie.

Just another thought Steph - if you don't find the marriage 1851 to 1853 try widening your search to before and after those dates. Kate.

Thanks, Kate i did asked for a search on records office before and it looks like it was a boy so unfortunately i am not going to send off for the certificate. Oh well. Thanks for all advice steph.