Marriage cert year different in GRO index

[Nick29]

You don't have to check the PR - just get a copy of the GRO record.  You'll know within a week.

[Sloe Gin]

Better still, seeing as it's Aston, order it from Birmingham Register Office and you will get a copy of the original (rather than the GRO transcript), and probably by return of post.

Or you have nothing to lose by ringing and speaking to their genealogist, John Yates - I did so recently to clarify a name on a certificate that was causing some difference of opinions.  He looked it up then and there and (as it happened) agreed with my reading of it.

[Alexander.]

Earlier today I emailed John Yates at the Birmingham Register Office to see if he could clarify it for me - I've heard from someone else that he has been very helpful in the past. If I don't get a response that way I will have to order the certificate from there or the GRO.

[Alexander.]

Just received a reply from John Yates. He was ever so helpful, and confirmed that the date of the marriage was 24 December 1921, and both Francis and Amy's ages were 21.

Thanks for everyone's help!

[Sloe Gin]

He is a super chap, always willing to help and offer advice.  Those of us with Birmingham ancestors are lucky to have him just a phone call away 

[Maryam]

So glad you managed to sort it out