Staffordshire Marriage Allegations

[ElizabethHerts]

OH's 2x-great-grandparents, John Newton and Ann Tufnall, married by licence at Checkley Parish Church by Licence in 1846.

I've been onto the Staffordshire Archives' website and they have an order form for marriage allegations.

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/contact/LichfieldRecordOffice/LichfieldResearchService/lroorderresearchmbapr15.pdf

The cost for ordering one marriage licence is £13, which I think is rather steep. I've never had to pay that much. It's a shame the details aren't on FMP.

[kiterunner]

It looks as though the images will eventually be available on Findmypast, Elizabeth:

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/collections/DigitisationProject/DigitisationProject.aspx

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Kate, that's great. I'll just have to be patient.

I'm hoping we might find out more about what John was doing in Staffordshire. Upon his marriage he was a Grocer at Burton-on-Trent but I have never found him in the 1841 Census. He was born at Braceby, Lincolnshire in 1817 but I don't know when he went to Staffordshire.
He moved to London and after his marriage he became a Licensed Victualler.

[Mary from Italy]

If I remember rightly, Lichfield RO will send you two marriage allegations for that price, but I don't think there's a discount if you only want one.

[Mary from Italy]

It looks as though the images will eventually be available on Findmypast

Aagh!

According to that link, they're going to be putting a quarter of a million Staffs wills online. After all I've spent on the wretched things!

[ElizabethHerts]

Aagh!

According to that link, they're going to be putting a quarter of a million Staffs wills online. After all I've spent on the wretched things!

That was the same for me with Oxfordshire wills, Mary. It's infuriating, isn't it?

[Mary from Italy]

Never mind, they've been really useful, and goodness knows when they'll all go online.

[ElizabethHerts]

Yes, I couldn't have waited for my Oxfordshire ones.

If anyone wants Cornish wills there is a huge ongoing Cornwall OPC project where lots of us are transcribing like mad. The latest total is just over 3,000 online (some of them aren't wills but the vast majority are). You can also see a summary of the wills with beneficiaries named.

[Kit]

I'm keen on all the Staffordshire information too.

Has Phase 2 gone live yet or is it only stage 1?

Elizabeth could you please provide a link to the Cornish Wills? It appears my families like being near yours. :)

[Kit]

The link is Cornwall OPC wills (http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/extra-searches/wills/)

I couldn't wait for Elizabeth.

[ElizabethHerts]

The link is Cornwall OPC wills (http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/extra-searches/wills/)

I couldn't wait for Elizabeth.

Sorry, Toni! I've just got up and seen this.


Also for the wills, if you are interested in a particular parish go to the parish page. E.g.:

http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/parishes.php

http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/n_p/probus.php

On the parish page, scroll right down until you get to the wills. We are transcribing them quite quickly now, but there are 1000s to go.

[Kit]

thank you, I look forward more being added, although I don't know if mine were rich enough to leave anything.

[ElizabethHerts]

Toni, which surnames and/or parishes are you interested in?

[Kit]

The main surnames are Candy, Trevithick, Carbis and Allen that I can think of. I forget some of the married names.

They are from Truro, Ludgvan, Kenwyn, Redruth, Penzance for starters. Looking at my tree they seem to move constantly but I can't remember how close the places are to each other as I haven't looked at them for a while.

[Kit]

Has Phase 2 gone live yet or is it only stage 1?

Having a look at the information about the records it says it is the initial phase, so it looks like Phase 2 hasn't been released yet.