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Thank you!

Thanks very much, Bill, that is very helpful.

My mom got the marriage date wrong, which hasn't helped the search!

Progress!!!

One of my mom's relatives in Zimbabwe has just sent her this! But he says he doesn't have the original.

Who would I need to approach to obtain the original?

In the 1939 register there was just one occupant at the White Cottage, Mullion, nr Helston. The name has been transcribed on Findmypast as "Marjory M Bmkes-Jones". Born 7 July 1881, unmarried, living on 'private means'. Thanks Lorna, I've tried to do an electoral search etc for that area but it did...

I am not at all clear which marriages would end up in the GRO Index Army Marriages - was it every marriage of someone in the Forces? Just those taking place on Army premises? So I don't know if there is any reason to expect every Army marriage to end up there. As for the Consular records, apparentl...

I found this on Ancestry: This might be Alfred arriving in Southampton, England on 3 March 1950, on the ship Stirling Castle which had sailed from South Africa. His country of last permanenet residence was India but his country of intended future permanent residence was England. However his wife an...

Strangely, that Passenger List says she was 1 year old in 1950 but if born in 1947 should have been 2 or 3 . A British armed forces and overseas births and baptisms record I found says she was born in 1948 Calcutta Vol 2 Page 147. I presume you have her Birth Certificate . But still no Marriage det...

Strangely, that Passenger List says she was 1 year old in 1950 but if born in 1947 should have been 2 or 3 . A British armed forces and overseas births and baptisms record I found says she was born in 1948 Calcutta Vol 2 Page 147. I presume you have her Birth Certificate . Yes, you are correct, my ...

Oh wow!!! Janet is my mom!! She was born in 1947 in Calcutta while my grandparents were living there. She doesn't ever recall living in UK, so perhaps they were on holiday. They emigrated to Zimbabwe, not sure when.

The marriage entry is a mystery!

That's great, thank you so much!!!!!

Thanks Mike, that is so helpful. As well as the marriage certificate, I am also struggling to locate my grandfather's birth certificate. I did manage to find that of my grandmother. Here are the details: Grandfather name: Alfred Benjamin Thompson Date of birth: 09/07/1906 Place of birth: Bow, London...

Thanks Jane, I have, but no luck!

Hello,

I'm trying to trace my grandparents marriage certificate. They were married in Calcutta, India in 1946. They were both British Citizens but living in India at the time as my grandfather was based there during WW11.

I have been unable to trace the certificate in the UK.

Thanks in advance.