Thread: MARRIAGE LOOKUP PLEASE in ENGLAND

Hi Could someone help ive tried looking for a marraige for my greatgrandfather he was born in northern ireland his name is JOSEPH MCDONALD HE MARRIED ANNIE GILLAND i beleive he married around 1917 or 18 cannot find marriage in Scotland or Ireland

Help is much appreciated SCOTSLASSIE

Hi on first look can find nothing.

Was Annie Gilland English , if so do you know where abouts she was from ?

Also do you have their years of birth and place of birth for Joseph ?

here you Scotslassie..



Annie Gilland Year of Registration: 1917 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Spouse's Surname: McDonald District: Coventry County: Warwickshire, West Midlands Volume: 6d Page: 1053

Well done Raven.

[quote name='lizanne']Hi on first look can find nothing.

Was Annie Gilland English , if so do you know where abouts she was from ?

Also do you have their years of birth and place of birth for Joseph ?[/quote]

Many thanks for both youre help lizzanne and raven

i have always wondered if annie gilland was english as i cant find any trace of her family in scotland or ireland she was in antrim ireland in in 1918 for the birth of my grandfather she died in scotland in 1927 her parents were john gilland and sarah tweed

Yes, I too have found the marraige -easily - on the Free BMD--this is such a good site.

Hi gbiscuit

ive tried to find it on bmd but with no luck can you help

mant thanks

scotslassie

Hello

Go to the Free BMD.

If you were searching for this marraige you would fill in the names section.

On the right hand side under districts click "all districts" and underneath in the counties click " all counties" --the top bit in both sections.

As you think thought the marraige was around 1917 it is as well to put in a fairly wide time span, I put in from March 1912 --December 1920

Then at the bottom click Search.

It is easy when you get the hang of it but it took me a little while!

When the marraige appears you will see it took place in Coventry in the 1st quarter of 1917

(It won't say the 1st quarter it will say March --birth, marraiges and deaths are arranged in quarters of the year so any registrations between 1st January & 31st March will be in the 1st quarter etc..)

Underneath you will see the volume number. So you could write to Coventry registry office giving the names, date and number and you could buy the certificate --cost about £8.

You know the name of the lady that Joseph married but if you didn't, to find her name what you would have to do is to go back to the search section leaving the name section blank and just filling in the date putting in the same date in both date sections and filling in the volume number. You would then see all the marraiges which took place under that volume number at that time.

If only 2 names appear then obviously the two married each other - the difficulty comes when several names appear then you don't know whio married who --that takes more research like looking for births and on the census returns.

I fi can help more please ask. Best Wishes.

Many thanks for youre time its appreciated found the entry and im sending for the certificate Thanks again scotslassie