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marriage help please

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cane

cane Report 9 Mar 2013 17:07

Marriages, Weardale District - Record Number: 185540.1
Location: Wolsingham
Church: St. Mary & St. Stephen
Denomination: Anglican
26 Mar 1792 Joshua Milburn married Jane Robson

Please would any-one,be able to advise,how i would be able to find out who the witnesses were to this marriage..Thank you

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 9 Mar 2013 17:10

Given the date they were probably professional witnesses such as church officials. You would need to view other images to check out if the names appear on any other marriage

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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 9 Mar 2013 18:21

The County Records Office for Durham will have a copy of the parish register which should have witnesses names on it but as GlitterBaby has already pointed out they may just be church officials who act as witnesses for lots of marriages. You may get lucky though and find they are family members.

The staff at Durham Record Office are very helpful and since you have the exact date and place of marriage they may be willing to look up the record for you and give you the names of the witnesses. They did this for me a couple of weeks ago but unfortunately the witnesses names meant nothing to me.

Contact details for them:-

By Post:
Durham County Record Office
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
United Kingdom

By Telephone:
+44 (0)3000 267 619

Kath. x

cane

cane Report 9 Mar 2013 18:54

Thank you so very much Kath...and for the office details :-)

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester

mgnv

mgnv Report 9 Mar 2013 19:31

Usually, witnesses weren't recorded until 1812-ish, when the pre-printed registers came into use.

The Bishops Transcripts images for Wolsingham 1791 & 1793 are online, and there's no witnesses recorded there. (The BTs were the church's own backup copy of the parish registers.)

See
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND
England, Diocese of Durha...ranscripts ca., 1700-1900 > Durham > Wolsingham > 1765-1833 > Image 41 of 390

cane

cane Report 9 Mar 2013 19:36

mgnv :-)

Researching:
Barber,henshall, Hackett, smith,Walsh.....Salford,Manchester