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    Warning not to take the marriage finder automatically as correct. This is what I've found today.

    FreeBMD:
    Marriages Mar 1903

    Dooley, Alice, , Chorlton, 8c, 934,
    Holgate, Ernest, , Chorlton, 8c, 934,
    Walker, Jane Elizabeth, , Chorlton, 8c, 934,
    Watts, George Robert, , Chorlton, 8c, 934,

    FMP:

    Watts - Walker marriage on fmp.JPG

    George Robert Watts Marriage on Military Records:

    Watts - Walker marriage on Military Record.JPG

    Does anyone know how FMP works out these pre 1911 pairings?
    Kat

    My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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    No I don't know how they have the nerve to give one without proper proof. I cannot now remember the example but I found a similar one, easily proved wrong, and messaged them about it. Of course they say they'll look into it but I'm afraid I always forget to make a note of such things to check if they really do!
    Anne

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    • #3
      I have done a correction but not emailed them Anne. Might do that tomorrow. I'll ask them how their marriage finder works but doubt I'll get a reply.

      This is Ernest and Alice from Lancs OPC

      Marriage: 21 Mar 1903 St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancashire, England
      Ernest Holgate - 24, Engraver, Bachelor, 12 Grantham Street Blackpool
      Alice Dooley - 26, Spinster, Whitby Road
      Groom's Father: Charles Holgate, Brewer
      Bride's Father: Thomas Dooley, Farmer
      Witness: Harold W. Crompton; Elna Hatten
      Married by Banns by: F.G.Buller
      Register: Marriages 1896 - 1921, Page 62, Entry 123
      Source: Manchester Central Library
      Kat

      My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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      • #4
        The reason I think is because the record for George Roberts Watts has been mistranscribed by FMP: they have the page number as 938 for his record, whereas it is clearly 934 on the image. This means that the FMP "Marriage Finder" can only find one male name on page 934, so has assumed that must be Jane Walker's spouse. Incidentally, if you search for Alice Dooley on FMP, the "Marriage Finder" also gives her spouse as Ernest Holgate!

        Cheers,
        Richard
        Last edited by Richard in Perth; 20-07-16, 15:48.

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