Microfiche records on genealogy sites you can't get to see

[jonwarrn]

Findmypast is also available in East Sussex and West Sussex libraries

[melba_schmelba]

If you do go to a LDS centre couldn't you just look at it on findmypast?
"You can use Findmypast for free at any FamilySearch center."
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-sign-up-for-partner-access-to-findmypast

There's an image of something on there in Kent Marriages and Banns, the transcript may not be perfect!
James Bartholomew + Mary Ann Ritchingham
Minster in Sheppey, Ss Mary & Sexburga, 1823

Most of the Kent parish registers and original images are on Findmypast, some for Medway are linked to pdf scans at Medway Archives, but most can be directly accessed on Findmypast. Ancestry only has a very limited snapshot of Kent parish registers which come from the LDS/Mormon indexes.

[rosie99]

Good find John 

James Bartholomew Mummary -otp -Bachelor - Marked (x)
Mary Ann Ritchingham - otp - spinster. (Image does look like Ritchingham, she did not sign)

Witnesses Ann Mummery & N. Champion(?)

[Mildred298]

Thanks everyone for your help.
What you sometimes get from marriage records are the fathers' names, whether they are deceased and their profession. I guess it's the records post around 1830 that have that information.
I'm sure you all use this "side" information to confirm if it's the right couple getting married and also to confirm facts about the others on the marriage record. If the subjects sign with a mark that also sometimes confirms facts, eg. if previously they've signed something.
thanks all again,
Mildred

[rosie99]

The extra information on fathers is generally after registration started in 1837