Genealogy Chat

Nudge!!!

As far as I'm aware, the copyright issue only comes into play with regards re-producing certificates and census images for all to see. Regarding, names on the census, I've printed off quite a few sheets from the 1891 and 1901 censuses and have occasionally thought when looking at all the other names on the same sheet, that it would be good if I could post them somewhere for other people's benefit. A.

there is a website for census extras. www(.)4trudy(.)co(.)uk you can email in all the details you have from the pages and they are building a searchable database for them. Don't know of anything similar for witnesses tho. Zoe

And my contribution: CHARLES RICHARDS & ISABELLA SOPHIA SIMPSON 1900 Bethnal Green FREDERICK JOHN HOPKINS & ARTHUR FRANK SMITH 1939 West Ham EDWIN CHARLES SPARROW & SARAH ANN SPARROW 1883 North Benfleet Essex JOHN CHARLES WATKINS & FANNY BRAY 1889 Tottenham, Middx.

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Here's mine: 1868 witness David Hilton and Rachel Brownlow 1895 witness Rowland Rothwell and Isabella Schofield Both marriages in Bolton Maggie

I'll sick my neck out and say I'm willing to give it a go at compling a list o Marriage Witnesses ONLY. I'm allowed web space at my uni so can do an alphabetical list, where you click on a letter to get to a surname page. Any suggestions please let me know - it'll be slow, but if I can put in 1/2 hr - 1hr a day adding lists from e-mails sent to me it should work ??????? I'll want Last name, first name, place listed on certificate, registration district, date and a reference number for peolple to order at the FHC or online. Your e-mail would also be helpful, so people can double check details. Who knows, you could even find links to family!

Georgina That's really good of you and will be much appreciated. Would it be easier if we all email you direct with the details you need from us - even if we have already posted them? Please let us know. Thanks in anticipation.

Yes please e-mail me direct by clicking on my name. I will post the web address when I have some pages up and working! Juast the thing to distract me from my studies!!! :)

Okay - I've put up a page with the alphabetical listings and created two samples pages for listings for surnames under 'A' and 'B'. Be grateful if someone would click on the links and check they work. http://www(.)personal(.)leeds(.)ac.uk/~phy7grl Feedback welcome. But this should be a simple list system, and I'm not a great web artist!

Items are know going onto the site -please report any problems to me!!! http://www(.)personal(.)leeds(.)ac.uk/~phy7grl

Hi Georgina I think its very good of you to take up this task . Things like this take up a lot of time and effort. I dont think i would be able to do anything like this. Soon you will have so many emails , they will be coming out of your ears. Thankyou for your help Sarah

Don't mind lots of e-mails - makes me look popular at least!! Just as long as people bear in mind that if I get lots, it may takes some time.

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Looking at 1900-1940s church register recently for family mariages I realised that it had been the custom for engaged couples to act as marriage witnesses (eg my engaged, but not yet married grandparents witnessed my grandfathers second marriage the same year, and various others which made it possible to realise that a maiden aunt had been engaged, but her fiance was killed in 1st ww (and find him on the debt of honour roll). Has anyone else come across this or was it a recent or purely local (Durham) custom? Pam

Georgina I've just had a look at your site and it seems to work brilliantly. I assume the heading Place Married means where the person was Witness to a Marriage. Well done! Sue

Thanks - yes, place married does mean where the people witnessed the marriage. It makes sense to have two lists - one for place in case you want to search for bride and groom, rather than see if your ancestors were witnesses or not.

Hi Pamela, Yes, I have several marriages where the witnesses to the marriage were later marries to each other. And yes, many of them took place in County Durham, but not exclusively. Debbie

UPDATE: My clever bloke has volunteered to help me set up a better version of this website, where you can input your own details and then do searches. Anyone who has sent me details - I will use these as a base - but I suggest no more e-mails until things are sorted. Watch this Space! George

I have far too many names to put in here!! That says a little about how many marriage certs I have! When there is a real site to enter them, I will do it willingly, but not here where it will soon disappear. Sadly, this is no help to anyone- sorry. Wendy