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I have been e-mailed that some ' marriage certificates', and I say that loosly, have been posted to me from a Records Office, to do with rellies from the 1700's. I can hardly contain myself. I plan to tether up the dog, so that she does not beat me to him, the postie that is, and that is indoors, and I am only joking about tethering her up, but I am sure you all know what I mean. I will have to have a good drop of Brandy tonight to keep me calm.
Off to do the evening meal now, but will be back tomorrow,hopefully not disappointed by a postal strike somewhere.
Julia in Derbyshire

Hope its what you have been waiting for and postie isnt to late in getting there.

My postie sometimes dont come until after 3pm.

Hazelx

They have arrived. They are copies of entries of two marriages taken from a michrofiche, one in 1739 and one in 1750. So, big question now is, what is the difference in a marriage by banns and a marriage by licence. Please somebody answer me this question.
Many Thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

Julia - that is great to get those 'certificates'. I didn't think it possible to get anything prior to 1837. Is this a general thing, or just from one particular place? and if it's possible, how do we go about applying for them?

Thank you SomersetGirl for the information. I think in this case it may have been to do with social standing, as the groom was a landowner at the time, 1750. Unless there was a still birth, the bride was not pregnant, as the first child was not born until Sept 1751. Mind you the groom, my 6th x Gt.Grandad, died the year after, and the bride remarried soon after that. They must have been very lusty in those days, as I know he was married at least once, before 1750, and maybe twice, as he had a daughter old enough to be married in 1739
Berona, I don't know if this is a general thing or if I just hit lucky. Firstly I e-mailed the Records Office involved, in this case Peterborough, and asked if they had any record of both the marriages I was interested in. Yes, they had microfisches of both, and could send me a copy of them. It cost me £15, because I asked for another one, which they were unable to find. This was a marriage in the hamlet of Eye, just outside Peterborough, and I had been told in the past by the Northants Records Office that many of the Parish Records had not stood the test of time. However, in some other records I had from Northants the other day, in respect of land ownership,it gave the name of the same Gt. Grandad in 1743, and named his wife as a Susannah Preston, so at least I have got her name. By the way, what I received today, does not give any details such as age,parents,occupation or witnesses, it is just a copy of a line in a Registery. If you are thinking of doing the same, I would advise contacting the relavent records office, and just what they do have.
Julia in Derbyshire