help finding a marriage(thankyou Jack)

kirsty1st · Post by **kirsty1st** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:16 pm

i'm hoping someone might have more luck finding my grandparents marriage certificate.

my grandfather was roderick montgomery stewart
my grandmother patricia gertrude carrington

roderick was born in glasgow 1924 and i'm not sure about patricia but i know she was born about 1930 as i found her death certificate.

they both died in glasgow, but my father was born in sunderland 1951 he has an older sister and 3 younger siblings. again i'm not sure weather they were born scotland or england?

unfortunatly none of them wish to help me so i'm struggling.

i'm waiting for my grandfathers birth certificate so hopefully it will come up with some useful things.

so basically i'm not sure if they where married in england or scotland of which i have searched both but have found nothing.

any help gratefully appreciated as i'm stumped.

kirsty.x

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:53 am

Hi kirsty

The modern indexes on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk have only just recently been released. These so far only consist of births and deaths up to 2006. Modern Marriages are in the works and hopefully will follow soon. I'm guessing from the birth year you state for your dad that his parents would have married long after 1932 which is the cut off year for searching and viewing the existing marriage database and images you find online. When the marriage index is continued to 2006 I'm betting you'll be able to find your grandparents marriage record then. (If of course they married in Scotland!) You will have to purchase the extract of it in order to view all the details. Other than confirming the date of the event you'll get the same data (ie parents names and occupations) from each grandparent's birth record or death record. With this information you'll be able to work your way back in time and develop your family tree.

Best wishes
Jean

kirsty1st · Post by **kirsty1st** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:46 pm

after talking with my mum today she says my gran was definetly english so i presume they must have married in england.

back to ancestry to hunt again

kirsty.x

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:46 pm

Hi kirsty

Good luck with your search!

Best wishes
Jean

winslowsmom · Post by **winslowsmom** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:01 am

Kirsty
If any of the children were born in Scotland, their birth cert would have the marriage date (but only sometimes the place) of the parents on it. This could help in your search in England. I know its a big IF. But on Scotlands People I think you can enter their name, and the mother's maiden name, which would cut way down on the Stewarts... Just a thought.
Cathy H

kirsty1st · Post by **kirsty1st** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:57 am

thanks for suggestion but i can't put mothers maiden name in as its after 1855 so won't let me.
the birth of there children where between 1945-1965 approx.

does anyone know apart from ancestry any websites i could search english marriages from 1940-1950.

thanks again

kirsty.x

kirsty1st · Post by **kirsty1st** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:08 pm

i would like to thank jack for kindly looking up my grandfathers birth certificate in glasgow and sending me all the details.

i have now managed to trace my dads side back to 1700's all in one afternoon!!

i'm still on the hunt for there marriage but for now i'm am very pleased to be at last finding things out about my dads side.

i can't thank him enough and to everyone else who replied to my query.

kirsty.x

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:17 pm

Uh oh Kirsty,

It looks like you have caught the bug!

Best of luck, and yes isn't Jack marvellous?

Nina

kirsty1st · Post by **kirsty1st** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:23 pm

hi nina

i've had the bug for two years now i started on my mothers side as she had loads of info and papers.

but i struggled with my dads as i had no one to ask.

but it has got really bad today i've hardly been of computer just finding so much info. my heads bursting with so much info at once.

i've discovered my dads side where from perth i always thought they were from glasgow, just shows you.

kirsty.x