Forum: Certificates - Births, Marriages and Deaths in the UK

Some years ago I needed a copy of my first marriage certificate. I applied to Southport with full details and was told their records had a different married surname and therefore could not be issued. In panic I went to the church where I married (it was a Methodist church). The current incumbent...

I know this isnt quite the right place to post but wasnt sure where else to put this. Can anyone tell me how i can obtain a death cert for my Great Uncle, percy Lilly, who was killed in action during WW1 and is buried in Belgium? Lindsey

I have recently obtained the death cert of a person whom I thought was my Step Great Grandmother married to my G Grandfather Thomas Lilly. The death cert states she was a spinster! However , in the name column, it says ' Ellen Lilly otherwise Rooker'. Can anyone explain to me which would be her...

My G grandmother Annie Moretti, nee Kelly, married for the second time in December 1894 in Camberwell Register Office "by certificate"; she described herself as a widow. Her first husband, my G grandfather Joseph Moretti, died in the house of one of his sons in 1907 in Newington, ie 13 years later....

My Big Bruv registered our Father's death in November 1994, nothing wrong with the date of death (8th). However, he gave the birthdate as 1 August 1912 and it was ages before he sent me the copy death certificate ...... |shakehead .... the correct date of birth is 1 August 1913. I think...

If you are ordering certificates please be carefull. Print out all the information about your order and keep and print out your transaction email that you get. I ordered a certificate and checked my bank statement a couple of days later and found that they had taken TWO payments instead of ONE....

Is the burial location listed on the later death certs., say 1930's? Thanks, Jeff

Hope someone can enlighten me on the following! What credentials were needed to act as a witness at a marriage ceremony in, say, the 1850s in the UK? Was there a particular age that a witness needed to have attained? Could, for instance, the bride's parents act as witnesses? This is a marriage...

This may be a silly question. When registering a birth/marriage/death do you have to put all the names of the 'person' or witnesses. For example: I have been trying to find the brith of Andrew Kirkland (details taken from marriage certificate) - when I eventually found it his full name was...

if a marriage is 'by certificate' is this the same as 'by licence'? carrie

Searching for a lady born Violet Kathleen Morgan - possible birth and death certificate found but marriage certificate is very elusive. I have the decade I believe they got spliced in - circa 1935 I am told - the two names of whom married whom Morgan and Ford - but cannot find any trace of a...

Gggrandma died of a "concussion of the brain from an accidental fall down stairs". The informant box says "information received from Wm Johnson, Coroner for Cheshire. Inquest held 10th June 1863." In 1863 would an inquest have been held simply because no one was in attendance at the death or...

On a marraige certificate in 1928, both Fathers have (Dec?) after their names. I thought it had meant that they were both deceased at the time, however, one of them seems to have signed as a witness. Any clues as to what this annotation means?

What are they trying to tell us ? Does this imply that the child was sickly or died, therefore couldn't be Great Great Grandmother or that they just hadn't decided on a name yet ? If the latter, would baptism records be the best way to decide if this was the person you were searching for? I...

I'm trying to trace the death of one of my lot, between 1881 and 1891, but I don't know which surname to look for, so I'm asking for advice from the experts! :) Here's a little background info. George NAYLOR m. Grace HINCHCLIFFE on 16 Oct 1853 Thornhill, one week after her son was baptised...

Mary Ann CRADDOCK (1810-1885) is shown as the wife of Benjamin BROOK (1811-1884). However I can find no record of their marriage (first child, Edward, born 1837, Sarah Ann Elizabeth 26 July 1839 Bengeo, Hertford). Any info welcome. Ta

Having come to the stage when FReeBMD is no longer helpful, in the sense that I need info later than 1912, and no accesss to the GRO, I would be grateful for any recent experience of the usefulness of 1837 on line and the others. Dont all shout at once when I ask "are they worth the money ?" ...

I need somebodys help. I am trying to find out the records of birth of Geneveve Christian Omololu Ajibawo. His birth location is 72 Stroud Green Road, Stroud Green. He was born in November 5 1969,