Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Please could SKP have a look in St Peter's 1860
apr/jun qtr 8b127
for the marriage of Joseph Carter to Margaret Whitelock.
Joseph will be around 50yrs of age, widowed lighterman.
I would love to know if Margaret was a spinster, she too would have been 50.
Many thanks in advance
Tina

Hi info as follows 25 june

Both full age both widowed both vauxhall rd
his father john carter mariner
hers william cole constable
Irene

Thanks so much Irene for your tireless work!
Cat among the pigeons here..
So Margaret was the widow Whitelock.
Maiden Cole.
She was born in IOM.
Lots of work to do now.
You are bonzer Irene.

Tina oxo

Hi Irene
Quick question please..
If someone goes to LRO can they order death/birth cert?
If so, what do they need to know, vol, page number etc.
I always go through Southport because of my location.
Thank you

Tina oxo

Hi Tina I dont think so i get mine from southport. quicker than lpool reg office Irene

You can order a birth, marriage or death certificate from the Register Office, not the Record Office - the reference you need to do this is the one from the LancashireBMD site. In some way this reference also refers to the Parish Register entry eg. I think the last number is the entry number.

The GRO reference, from either Findmypast, Ancestry, FreeBMD etc. is required to order from Southport, same place as online http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

As Irene says, Southport is usually quicker than the Liverpool Register Office that often has a few weeks backlog, but if it's personal service you want, helpfulness for instance, the local register offices are sometimes better as they will take a more personal interest.

Thank you Mary, once again!
When my pal said he was going to the LRO for certs, I never thought of the Register Office....

Tina