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Why the interest in Marriage Documents?

Marriage records serve more than one purpose in life. Any married person will tell you that their wedding day was the happiest day of their life. A large proportion of these people are actually telling the truth as well!

So how can the marriage records of your ancestors be of any benefit to you toady? Well you can share in your ancestors' joy, and find out a good deal about your family at the same time with them.

Looking at the marriage certificated held at the General Registrar Office in London, a national quarterly index of the names of those who have married was then created. with entries listed separately for both the bride and groom, along with the name of the registration district and the volume and page number.with which the actual record could then be found in the CRO's registers.

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In England and Wales finding a marriage entry means having to search for the two names separately within the quarterly indexes and coming up with a match for the registration
district. volume and page numbers. However. from March 1912 the spouse's surname was duly' added. making lIfe much easier. Then from 1837-1983. the entries appear in four lists per year,
after which they appear annually.