The key words are viewed in microfiche format at certain libraries.Here's a quote and link from the government page.
"The GRO provides a public index that lists basic details of every marriage recorded in England and Wales since 1837. The index is divided into four quarters for each year and can be viewed in microfiche format at certain libraries (see our leaflet ‘Discover your Family History’). Marriage indexes are also available to search on FreeBMD."
hi and welcome..if you would like any help for ancestors born in the uk can you start a thread under our surname interests of the forum please...thanksIm doing my family tree via ancestry website (my lovely motherinlaw is letting me use her account), I've found out some bits I didnt know like my paternal great-grandfather being born where the arcadian centre is now, he was the 1st gen to be born here, my great great grandfather was born in germany, i hated history at school but im loving it now im older, showing my kids where their family came from, I'm struggling with my great grandmothers line though, theres been some conflict as to who her parents were, i dont know if she was born jewish or converted to marry my great grandfather, her name was Ramah Rachel Wright before she married my great grandfather
We took a class at our local library by an “ancestry expert” and a part of what he taught was exactly what you have described Alberta. He told us to take a little time to look forward & back from a subject to test the validity as you did.Ancestry is a wonderful tool if used correctly, the census are a wonderful look at our ancestors but a note of caution, the public members trees are often a load of nonsense.
Often people catch on to any 'John Smith' and have him as their own to add to the tree, so be careful and look at other records.
My great, great grandfather Matthew Brough b 1807 and his wife hannah had my great grandfather Edward in 1856,
a public family tree today had
Edward Brough b 1856 father JOHN b 1845 and mother Hannah, so his father would have been 11 years old.
Edward died in Cheadle, Staffordshire but the tree says Cheadle Cheshire
That is exactly the advice we were given!I blame Ancestry themselves for some of the errors on the trees on their site. Their hints leave a lot to be desired at times but I think that some people accept them without checking.
I blame Ancestry themselves for some of the errors on the trees on their site. Their hints leave a lot to be desired at times but I think that some people accept them without checking.
That is exactly the advice we were given!I blame Ancestry themselves for some of the errors on the trees on their site. Their hints leave a lot to be desired at times but I think that some people accept them without checking.
The errors on Ancestry are theirs, they posted and collected money for them. “Hint” is in my mind is a word smithing work around!To be fair I do not think you can blame Ancestry for some of the errors on trees on their site. A "hint" is just a hint and not a "fact" - and the onus therefore surely has to be down to members who accept "hints" without verifying such information.
William.
I have a mistake in my tree, not sure it's from a hint or just my own mess, I have a marriage with a four year old bride.