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| You can search on the names of one or both parties to the marriage, on all names appearing in the records (ie the parties to the marriage, the officiating clerk, the witnesses, and any other name which may appear), on year range for the marriage, and on the county and parish where either or both parties were living at the time of the marriage.
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| Searching on names |
Quite often one or other of the parties signed with a name different from that entered in the register, and this is indicated in the Remarks section. The version of the name contained within the bride and groom fields in the database is generally that version recorded in the register, rather than the versions signed by the parties. And the recorded version should not necessarily be assumed to be correct, as the examples below show. Sometimes the variation shows clearly that the party had difficulty writing their own name, but often it is equally clear that the signature is correct and the name in the register is wrong. The variations between registered name and signature often illustrate common vagaries in spelling of English names, for example:
Brodiea/Brodie, Cicila/Cicely, Claypel/Claypole, Morey/Mercy, Maguyer/Maguire, Mullegin/Mulligan, Mushamp/Muschamp, Pritchett/Pritchard, Samul/Samuel, Shafton/Shebton, Sinklair/Sinclair, Warton/Walton, Woodin/Wooding. Certain common forenames repeatedly appear in variant forms between the recorded and signed versions, eg: Catherine/Katherine, Susanna/Susannah, Ann/Anne The next examples, however, tend rather to show that the party was truly unsure how to spell their name (signature only): Elibeth, Elizathabeth, Gayleard, Hepwoth, Marget, Margreat; Mackloead, Middeleton, Thridgould In most of the above cases, using the NameX name variant option when you search will find the record regardless of what version of the name you enter. But in some cases the differences are such that the recorded and signed versions appear to be quite different names (eg Warton/Walton, Morey/Mercy), which cannot be treated as "legitimate" variants. However, we have in all cases where such variants were identified created index entries under each version, so you should always find relevant records. |
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We have tried to ensure consistency in the naming of parishes, and - particularly for London and Middlesex - associating parishes with counties. We have also corrected obvious errors in the source documents. We have preserved the original entries for parish and county in the index records and show these as well as the standardised parish names and counties used for searching. So you will sometimes find that the standardised parish names and counties differ from those in the original. For parishes which lie partly in the City of London and partly in Middlesex, the "standardised" county – ie London or Middlesex - is that where the larger part of the parish lies. This is particularly noticeable for St Andrew Holborn itself, where many of the original entries put the parish in Middlesex, while we have placed it in London.
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We do recommend that if you are searching for people in "London" you should always search both London and Middlesex. Bear in mind that much of what we refer to loosely as "London" is an area much larger than the City of London and was so even a couple of hundred years ago. Many areas we now consider part of central London were in Middlesex, including, for example, Clerkenwell, Holborn, Westminster. Also, those parts of London just south of the river were in Surrey, eg Camberwell, Lambeth, Southwark.
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| NameX |
| NameX is a proprietary name-matching tool which allows you to find family records for names which have common variations in spelling or which may have been spelled incorrectly on some records. Click here for more help. |
| See also: | About St Andrew Holborn Marriage Index |
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