Simpson Family - Portsmouth Hampshire

[Tambo2202]

Hi everyone,

I am a new Australian member to your fantastic forum. I have an Emma Simpson in my family who was apparently born in Portsmouth around 1822. She married William Jordan at St Thomas, Portsmouth on 17 July 1845. They emigrated to Australia in 1848.

I have been unable to find out any information about Emma and William before arriving in Australia other than their marriage details from IGI.

I would appreciate any assistance in tracking them down, or at least Emma.

Thankyou,

Tammie

[Geoffers]

Emma Simpson in my family who was apparently born in Portsmouth around 1822. She married William Jordan at St Thomas, Portsmouth on 17 July 1845. They emigrated to Australia in 1848. I have been unable to find out any information about Emma and William before arriving in Australia other than their marriage details from the IGIHello
First off, do order a copy of the marriage certificate as this will provide valuable information. If you are not sure how to look up a reference and order certificates, please ask

Also, have a look at: knight roots
where you will find lots of information from parish registers for Pompey.

Geoffers

[Geoffers]

Further to my last message........

A passing thought, but also check TNA's online catalogue
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp
enter 'William Jordan' in the first field and in the field for department or series code, enter ADM29 - could your chap (or possibly his father?) have been in the RN??

The marriage certificate may possibly shed some light on this as it will include William's age, occupation, address and also his father's name and occupation.

Geoffers

[Tambo2202]

Thanks Geoffers for your assistance.

I found the marriage details on the IGI list from Familysearch. I have tried to find it on the various BDM searches around the place and haven't had any success. I am unsure on how to order a certificate based on the information from the IGI listing.

Thanks,

Tammie

[Geoffers]

I found the marriage details on the IGI list from Familysearch. I have tried to find it on the various BDM searches around the place and haven't had any success. I am unsure on how to order a certificate based on the information from the IGI listing.
You can't order a copy of a certificate using the IGI listing. The IGI is just a guide - A very brief guide:

Since 1837, births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales have been reported to the local registrar. This registrar sent copies of the information to the General Register Office (GRO).

The GRO created an index - or rather three sets of indexes every three months (Quarter). One index each for births, marriages and deaths. The index produced in March covered all events in January, February and March. The index for June covered Apr, May and Jun; etc. Events are arranged alphabetically in each index.

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[Geoffers]

part 2......

People are allowed 6 weeks to register an event. So for example, if looking for a bmd that occurred in late Feb, or March, you should also check the June Quarter

Over time a little more information was included in the indexes, but a basic index entry consist of:

Quarter, Year, SURNAME, Forename(s), District, Volume, Page

There is a project to transcribe the GRO index and make it freely available, online. It is a useful start but is not complete.

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[Geoffers]

part 3......

The complete index is also available online, on a pay-per-view site 1837online.

When you find the relevant entry, you can order a copy of the certificate online at: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
Do not use other web-sites with 'gro' in their address to order certificates, they are private companies who will charge extra.

Do use online guides to help you know where to look for information, e.g. those on The National Archives (TNA):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm

Do buy a good book on researching family history.

Geoffers