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Toby Atkin-Wright ([personal profile] tobyaw) wrote2010-11-30 04:28 pm
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MarriageMatch 1837-2005

Today Findmypast released a fully searchable index of marriages in England and Wales between 1837 and 2005. This is the first time a search can be made across the full year range, searching for the bride's and bridegroom's names together.

http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/2010/11/fully-name-searchable-marriage-records-1837-2005-on-findmypastcouk/

I've spent time over the past couple of months working on preparing the data for this. Good to see it launched. Family history researchers will find this very useful.
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[identity profile] vivdunstan.livejournal.com 2010-11-30 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Just off to try it now. I doubt I'll find my great-grandparents though. Either they were indexed wrongly in the central GRO records (happened in a very large number of cases), or didn't actually marry! Oh or married in Ireland (bride from Dublin), but I'm doubtful about that, given the bride probably emigrated pre-wedding.

But this will be very useful for my Cavers one-name study. Off to reactivate my Find My Past account. Thanks.
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