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    I applied last week for a marriage certificate for 1964 and have just received an email from GRO stating that the information stated on the application does not match the entry identified. I assumed I had made a mistake, but checked with them and find that I did use the correct reference. Both parties are listed as on my application form. The GRO would not explain the nature of the problem but suggested I apply again using the name of the groom only. I am interested in the bride, who may be the person I am seeking. I only know her maiden name(first and last names) and her married surname (but not the first name of the husband). Does anyone have any experience of this sort of problem?

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    Apply again just using the groom's name, as they have suggested. The problem could be anything from a transcription mistake to a completely different bride and there is only one way to find out!

    OC

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    • #3
      And you need to copy the info over EXACTLY as its recorded in the index.

      Example
      If he's recorded as William J Brown You put William J Brown.
      DONT put William James Brown, even f you know his middle name IS James
      Jess

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      • #4
        good tip Jess

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        • #5
          Agree with all the above posts - it could be as simple as a mis-spelling of one of the bride's names. (I came across this when trying to confirm the year of marriage of a couple I know - An N in the groom's surname had been substituted with an M, so the marriage didn't show up on the index at my first attempt.)

          Jay
          Janet in Yorkshire



          Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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