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Taking 2nd mystery first. No art to finding marriages, you just need to look in the right place, as with finding anything. ancestry civil reg is the same info as Freebmd, and is not complete, but does have the advantage that you put in a name and it comes up with all the entries for that name. The complete marriage index IS on ancestry, but you need to check each page of each quarter of each year, which is timeconsuming. if you've done this and not found it, its possible that the marriage cert copy never reached the GRO in which case you'd need to contact the relevant local register office - start with the one nearest where they are on census/where first child was born. If no joy, then its possible that they never married. nell

any help appreciated. I have paternalgrandads birth certificate, George William Orridge born 1892 to William Orridge (1855 born Leics)and a widow, Ellen (1855)(late Wilkes formerly Siddaway). I have found William in 1891 with Ellen 3 stepchildren and a joint baby called Lily. The only possible sighting I have in 1901 is William living on his own in lodgings saying he was single and no sight of the rest of them, nor my grandad who would have been 9. I know grandad ran away from home at 16 but surely not 9. Secondly trying to find a marriage between my maternal great grandfather Fred Kidger and Ruth?. He was born 1865 and she was born 1868. In 1891 they were married and their eldest child was 5. Incidently is there an art to finding marriages. I've not found any on Ancestry that I have searched for.