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Forename needed. Marriage search ...

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Rachel

Rachel Report 17 Oct 2007 00:12

Hello everyone xXx I have subs to ancestry but cant seem to find the other half of a marriage.
The marriage i have is Mabel M (Gibbins) married Davies july/aug/sep 1937 Birmingham.. The code is 6d 1727 .... BUT when i look the other way round i cant find the Davies who married Mabel. I need his forename. Can anyone help please ? Maybe a different search place may help. I forewarn you though.. There are trillions of us Davies' ... cheers if you can.. Rachel xxx

imp

imp Report 17 Oct 2007 00:15

Desmond F

Gail. x

Rachel

Rachel Report 17 Oct 2007 02:37

Genius.. Cheers Gail youre a darlin.. I must have gone Davies blind lol xXx Rachel xXx

Rachel

Rachel Report 17 Oct 2007 02:47

Gail.. Ive just found his birth records on ancestry and there isnt a mothers maiden name on there , i think its coz its 1910.. Is there another record anywhere else i could find it from? Or is it a case of a birth certificate ? cheers Gail xXx Rachel..

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Oct 2007 03:57

Look on www.freebmd.org


That's where ancestry gets its bmds from


BUT you will not find anything other than the child's name, quarter of birth, and registration office.

Mother's maiden name wasn't put on the GRO registration until 1911.

You have to buy the certificate to get the other informatiom.

SOMETIMES, if you go to the county bmd you will get the mother's maiden name, even as far back as the 1840s. Lancashirebmd does that, but other counties don't.


so try putting (your county)bmd in to the search engine.



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Joan

Joan Report 17 Oct 2007 08:24

Morning. I have also found that the mothers maiden name is sometimes given as a middle name for a child. So you could try finding the siblings on a census and then seeing if an unusual middle name is given or an initial and trying to match that with the parents marriage.

I found last week; John H Rimmington and found that his mothers maiden name was Heys.
Then on the absent voters list he appeared as John Heys Rimmington. BINGO !

Good luck; it's fun searching, Joan

Rachel

Rachel Report 17 Oct 2007 10:23

Thankyou xXx I'll have a mooch.. I'm real novice at this and just when i thought i was getting the hang of it Bam ... No other leads lol.. I'll try what you have all said.. Thanks again xxx Rachel xXx

imp

imp Report 17 Oct 2007 11:47

Hi Rachel

Sorry I did not answer you I had gone to bed......

Good luck with your Davies.

Gail. x