Value of checking marriage certificates

[Wilkes_ml]

I'm not sure if this is in the right section, so please move if it isn't!!

I was a little bored, and having stumbled across a marriage in 1771 by licence, I thought I'd go through all my marriage certificates that I have obtained either from the GRO (via online ordering service) or from local register offices. Then, I had the idea of looking for the "original" marriage register entries that are available online via ancestry (London parishes) to get a look at original signatures.

The first one I pulled out for Thomas Curnick at Battersea in 1837, shows obvious discrepancies - the copy was obviously completed by the parish clerk, who made a few mistakes most of which were crossed out in the copy I have from the GRO. However, he also put down the wrong date ( OK, only a few days out!!!) but in the original, it clearly says 15th, whereas the copy says 18th ( the date the next marriage on page took place!).

So just goes to show, it is always worth checking all original documents wherever possible!