Marriage Certificates on the cheap

Youdontseeme

Evening all,

Much to our shame neither my sister nor I know the year our parents got married, it's their anniversary is next week and its either 39th (card, naff pressie) or 40th which would involve a little more effort I think.

I had a quick google but everywhere wants money to find out and I don't have any there isn't really any other family to ask... any ideas??

Thanks
YDSM

inkie

If you go on ancestry (free in libraries), you would be able to do a search on your parents and the quarter and the year of the marriage will come up.

Youdontseeme

Thanks will give that a go :T

svmitche

If anybody has an Ancestry.co.uk membership they can look it up for you - I would offer, but mine has lapsed, sorry.

If you have a bit of time, did they marry near to where you or they live? If so you can visit the register office at which their marriage was registered (or the place which now keeps those records if it has moved) and you can request the certificate - you might have a bit more trouble if you don't know the year, but with names etc you might be ok and I've found most register office staff that I have dealt with to be very helpful in this sort of thing. To get it from the office will cost you around £10 I believe.

If you attend the office in person they should be able to let you have a copy same or next day.

svmitche

inkie wrote: »

If you go on ancestry (free in libraries), you would be able to do a search on your parents and the quarter and the year of the marriage will come up.

Of course - I forgot it's free in libraries!

Bronnie

I'll have a look on Ancestry for you if you like. However you'd have to pm me full names, maiden name and town of marriage.....if you prefer not to do that I'll quite understand!!

VK-2008

could you not ask your parents? priceless?
best wishes to them 40 years is fantastic congrats and may they have more to come! x

Youdontseeme

Thanks for all the replies I had a PM from a lovely person offering to look on ancestry for me, so fingers crossed!

Why didn't we ask them?? I think both of us are a bit embarrassed we don’t know! Especially with the chance it might be a big one


Cheers for the help
YDSM

RAS

The BDM regsiter for England and Wales is over the road and is free to access if your other tack does not work.

sueeve

It is a standard price at the registrar's for a copy of a birth certificate, if you want to have an actual one, rather than just know the date.

Grumpelstiltskin

The basic charge for a certificate in England and Wales is £9.25. You can order one online for that.

Some register offices charge postage on top of that.