Ancestry, free bmd marriages help, please .....

[Rach]

On the free bmd, Ancestry, I have found the quarter and year of marriage of someone I was looking for. Next to her name it says 'no image'. Looking at 'others on the same page' would her husband be the name next to hers [he has an available image] or are they just others who were married at the same time? The year was 1874 if that is any help.
Rae

[sporran]

Hello Rae,


in 1874 there will be 4 names with the same reference number, e.g. Tynemouth;10b 123 (earlier years had 8 names per reference number). You can establish the pairings by checking the 1881 census or by sending off for the certificate at £7.


Regards,

John

[Rach]

Hi John,
Thank you for that information. It looks as though it could be her alright as Elizabeth and Thomas Gibbons are living in Berwick in 1881. I was thrown with her marriage date showing 'no image' and his having an image.
I really haven't done much research in England as, thankfully because of S.P., almost all my ancestors are Scottish, so I plunder about in the dark over the border!
Rae

[trish1]

Hi Rae

The England/Wales indexes are alphabetical by name & husband/wife couples are nowhere near each other in the index, so you will never find them on the same page of the index. (unless through a quirk of fate they have very similar names which fall on the same page).

As John says, the only way to link them through the index is to find the 4 folks who are on the same page - should be 2 men and 2 women - and then you know one of the two women married your man (or vice versa)

In earlier years there were 8 folks per page so matching is a little more difficult.

If you would like to find the image for Elizabeth, try searching the full index for the appropriate quarter - which is also free on ancestry

http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?ht ... 3a7858%3a0

Christmas Greetings

Trish

[Rach]

Thanks, Trish.
I'm pretty sure which couple they are now. Will find out for certain next year!
Rae