Marriage certificate for Thomas Kavanagh only so is it possible to find him?

[Annette7]

I must agree with JenB.   I've noticed in other threads you've often said you phoned somewhere and they wouldn't/couldn't give you any information.   In todays world, if the records you seek are not online (and right now, what you need isn't) then unless you visit the place yourself you are not going to be able to learn the details of what is in the document.   Record Offices, Register Offices will not give specific information over the phone and you will need to pay their charges to obtain copies of a certain document. 

As to Poor Law records - no doubt they are at Durham Record Office too BUT these will not be indexed and would mean trawling through the various years records which will no doubt take some considerable time.   A lot for a 'volunteer' to take on for you in a lookup and there's no guarantee they'll be anything there if she never applied for relief from the parish.

I notice that you only use 'free' sites but when the information you want is quite specific and not available online then I'm afraid you have to pay for the service.

Annette

[josey]

Well said & politely put, JenB & Annette.

[LizzieL]

If I read Durham record office scale of charges correctly it would be £3.60 for 1 x A4 sheet including postage. It would be a lot if several sheets were involved, but I would expect this to be only one sheet, possibly two at most. So the cost would be less than 1 BMD cert from GRO.

The only downside is the form has to be sent by post with a cheque. When I ordered some copies from West Sussex RO recently I could scan and email the form and pay by card over the phone, which speeded up the process. The copies arrived very quickly and looked like they'd taken some trouble to get good copies of what was probably quite a faded and small book.

[JenB]

If I read Durham record office scale of charges correctly it would be £3.60 for 1 x A4 sheet including postage.

That is correct, and in my opinion it's very reasonable.

[eyshame]

Sorry JenB, I have looked at my recent posts and no where have I ever said I am, or would be, unwilling to pay for the cert, I guess you presumed that.

The cost is £3.60p., and they are sending me the forms. I can do nothing now but wait and am happy to pay the costs. Indeed over the years I have spent quite a lot of money on certificates after deciding to research my family tree with one branch leads to another as I am sure you are all aware of hence the cost involved in this type of research is not cheap.

I simply thought that if someone could do a look up it would be quicker so I would know quicker and not have the agony of waiting another two weeks as I was getting quite excited at the possibility of a new, hopefully positive lead.

Yes I have phoned places in the past as my phone and the internet are my lifelines. I now use free sites as I once paid for all the necessary sites and it cost a fortune, I am sure you all agree that the costs can be quite high but again, no choice - you have to pay if you want the service and I do. Since I only really have Thomas to find, and never ever being able to find him when I paid for sites. I did loose heart and tried the free sites - again without luck.

I am very well aware of the help I have received on here and am very grateful for it too and no way would I want anyone to feel disappointed or demoralized and I am upset that you have suggested that people are JenB. I believe you read me wrong and maybe you are not alone but I am not a mizer, however, disability often prevents a lot of things therefore people like me have no choice but to pay.

Through out my posts I believe I have always expressed my gratitude for the help I have received and do not withdraw it now not shall I ever but I do feel some presumptions have been made, and made wrongly.

My kindest regards to you all and once again my grateful thanks to everyone who has helped me.
E.