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From: "Irene Wells" <>
Subject: Re: Church weddings
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 22:19:50 +0100
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According to the IGI my GGGGF was married on the same day as his second son
was baptised (parish register) and in the same church. Likely in 1801 or a
transcription error?

Ray Wells
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Flood" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: Church weddings


> G'day Adrian,
> Just a word of warning about some of the entries in the IGI too.
It
> is always a good idea to check them on the actual Parish Registers because
I
> have found that some entries are incorrect. These have usually been
> forwarded by well meaning researchers who have not checked the actual
Parish
> Registers and sometimes make a calculated guess as to where their
ancestors
> were born and the date that they were born.
> Kind regards,
> Betty Flood
> Sydney, Australia
>
> *************************
> Looking for:-
>
> Norfolk UK:- HOWARD, BUSH, FLOOD
> , CARMON, ORTON, BLACKCLOTH BILLING, VINCENT
> Wiltshire UK:- WHITE, STEPHENSON/STEVENSON, JAMES
> Gloucestershire UK:- WORKMAN, SMITH/SMYTHE
> Herefordshire UK:- JONES, WORKMAN, HATHAWAY, WEBB
> Berkshire UK:- McKENZIE
> Yorkshire UK:- LEGGE, TURNER
> Lancashire UK:- EDGAR, JOSLIN
> Dublin Ireland:- FLOOD, RYAN
> Tullymore Ireland:- BOHEN/BOHAN
> Glasgow, Scotland:- RUSSELL, NIELSON, FERGUSON
> Sweden: RAMBERG, DOUZETTE
> Australia: McMILLAN, TAYLOR and all of the above
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Gurney" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, 1 April 2002 12:30
> Subject: Re: Church weddings
>
>
> > Hi Adrian
> >
> > Yes, I think that you had to be baptised to be married in church. The
> IGI
> > is incomplete as a lot of churches will not allow them in to copy their
> > registers etc. which is why there may be entries missing that you would
> > possibly expect to see.
> >
> > If you have an idea of which church they may have been baptised in,
> perhaps
> > SKS could look this up for you.
> >
> > Sorry I can't be of any more help
> >
> > Maggs
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:58 PM
> > Subject: Church weddings
> >
> >
> > > My g.g.grandfather had 9 children from 1831 to 1852. The first seven
> were
> > > baptised in the local Church of England, and as far as I can
ascertain,
> > those
> > > that married did so in church.
> > > The family then moved about 15 miles and had the last two children,
one
> > was
> > > my g.grandfather. Neither of these children (one boy, one girl) was
> > baptised
> > > as far as I can find out, and when they married they both married in a
> > > registry office. They then both had families who were baptised, so
they
> > were
> > > not apparently anti-church.
> > >
> > > Question 1- did you need to be baptised to be married in the Church of
> > > England in those days?
> > >
> > > Question 2 - has anybody ever compiled a definitive list of all the
> > > establishments where baptisms/christenings were recorded, so that one
> can
> > see
> > > which ones have not been picked up in the IGI?
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > >
> > >
> >
>


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