Army Marriages

[gillyflower]

Can anyone help please. I would like to know how I can research Army marriage records. would they be available online? also perhaps marriages at sea. Thanks

 

[Andromeda]

It depends, because not all of them are available online, but a for a good starting point try the free record set "British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages" on FindmyPast. These are generally just indexes but the references are enough to order the certificate from the GRO, although the amount of detail in them will vary.

 

[gillyflower]

It depends, because not all of them are available online, but a for a good starting point try the free record set "British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages" on FindmyPast. These are generally just indexes but the references are enough to order the certificate from the GRO, although the amount of detail in them will vary.

Thank you I will do that.

 

[MollyMay]

FMP also have British India Office Marriages (and births and deaths), which have the originals, if you are looking for that country

 

[gillyflower]

Andromeda & MollyMay thank you so much I never thought of that. Yes I do believe India is the country too .

 

[gillyflower]

Any further suggestions please? I don't seem to be having too much luck. Do you think I will find anything on Family Search.? Ancestry no good. I realise it is probably a dead end but worth a try. Thanks.

 

[MollyMay]

Can you give a name and dates so we can have a look for you?
FS do have some India church records, so might be worth looking there - @Archie's Mum is a wizz at finding things on FS

 

[Daft Bat]

Also, if you don't have a subscription to FMP, you will probably be able to access it at your local library for free.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Can you give a name and dates so we can have a look for you?
FS do have some India church records, so might be worth looking there - @Archie's Mum is a wizz at finding things on FS

Only if she is having a good day . Thank you for the compliment.

 

[gillyflower]

Thank you for suggestions. From 1865-1873 Owen Kelly was in different parts of India. He married Ann Mcguire. The first child was born 1874 in England. so I am assuming the marriage was somewhere between these dates. He & his wife were Catholics. So I would have thought they married. In 1873 he returned to England. I have looked everywhere and can't find anything at all. I have looked in Ireland where he came from.

 

[Chimp]

How sure are you that their first child was born in 1874?

Baptism - 3 May 1846, Ballivor, County Meath, Ireland
Rose Kelly
Father - Owen Kelly
Mother - Anne McGuire

Archive National Library of Ireland (Catholic Registers)

Marriage date 03 May 1846, Ballivor, Meath, Ireland
Owen KELLY
Anne McGUIRE

Probably just muddying the waters.

 

[gillyflower]

Sorry not the right one he was approx 5 years old & i'm not sure if his wife was even alive then. Yes the first child was born i am bout 98% sure in England. Thank you for looking though Iappreciate it

 

[gillyflower]

sorry, oops - it should say first child born in England