Missing Helmsley marriage on BMD not on Yorks BMD

[madpants]

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[scruffypup]

Hi Madpants

Thanks for your reply, it's good to hear the chapel didn't get demolished like so many have unfortunately. I did notice this on the certificate


I wonder if it was an Independent church as it looks like it says Independents by Certificate whatever that means

Julie

[jana]

Hello again scruffypup. Glad you found the marriage. We have not so far transcribed anything other than Anglican marriages for yorksbmd so that's why it wasn't there!
Did it give you the info you wanted?
Cheers jana

[scruffypup]

Hi Jana

I took a chance and went into the Harrogate Registry Office, they phoned back the next day to say they had found the marriage details, one advantage of living down the road is that I could collect the certificiate in person, I wasn't sure if they would be able to find it with only a GRO to work on but they did.  I'm not completely clued up as to when and where different details became available on certificates, I did notice that only the area of Kirkbymoorside was mentioned not a birthplace or actual district where they were living, also with fathers, when did it become the norm to put on if deceased? I was right about John Body's father being William Body (or William Boddy as I had him down as) but by my reckoning William died in 1861/2 but there is no mention of him being deceased.

The good thing is now I know when and where they were married and hopefully if Joseph isn't fictitious to cover an illegitimate child then at least Olivia has some family to research on. 

Julie

[jana]

Scruffypup, I asked my better half, the fount of all knowledge! He said that if a father is listed as deceased on a marriage cert, then he was deceased. If it doesn't say, then he might be and he might not be. He also says that you would be lucky to get a full address at that date. Maybe into the 20th century you would. He doesn't know of any rule when it suddenly became the norm. He says to remember that the cert is only as accurate as the the couple care to divulge and lies were frequent.
Plough on, jana