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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 27 Sep 2009 19:10

Having found say, the grooms names etc on the index, it gives also the surname of the bride.......now go to the index ref of the brides surname and you then get the grooms name plus the bride's first names.....

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Sue

Sue Report 27 Sep 2009 18:12

I also use Hawkwind option of searching BMD.

Another tip for finding husbands is to search BMD for the name you want and then check the subsequent census to see if you have any matches to those combinations.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Sep 2009 15:24

I think i read somewhere that the intention was to go back on Births and marriages and to add the maiden names to the search-able indexes BUT this may have been the governments DOVE project that seems to have been shelved ??

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 27 Sep 2009 14:58

I think you mean the Index doesn't show the maiden name against the groom. As Joan says, the cert does.

The trick that I use is to find the family on the next census, which gives you the wife's first name. Then look on a site such as Free BMD, find the groom and look at the other entries for that reference. If you are lucky then you will find the bride's name. If there are more than one with the same first name then you have a bit more research to do.....!

Jackie

Jackie Report 27 Sep 2009 14:43

Ask for help on the Records office board, it's amazing what some people can find out or point you in the right direction

Researching:
Dance, Lawes

David

David Report 27 Sep 2009 14:40

how do you find a maiden name of someone when the marrige certs of around 1858 do not have maiden names on