Comments on: Gretna Green marriage registers go online

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:43:38 +0000

Hi Annette

The database at Ancestry.co.uk only covers the period 1794-1895. For a more recent marriage, you would need to search the Statutory Register of Marriages at the pay-per-view ScotlandsPeople website http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

Best wishes

Alan

By: annette

annette — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:18:48 +0000

Hi, I would like to know the date of my husband’s wedding at Gretna Green. He is Wayne Frost and ex-spouse Christine Rawson.

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:24:02 +0000

Hello Farhana

Try the General Register Office for Scotland’s website http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk.

Best wishes

Alan

By: farhana

farhana — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:21:57 +0000

Hi
This is Farhana. Me and my husband got married at 2009 in Bangladesh. My husband is a British citizen and I am Bangladeshi. We both are staying here in this country (Scotland, UK). We need to register our marriage. We need to know what is the requirements for marriage registry. Can we complete the procedure online? Could you please send us the appropriate form? Waiting for your kind reply.

Regards

Farhana

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:54:48 +0000

Hi Adele

I searched for Ruby Hook on ScotlandsPeople (the free search on the Home Page searches all their databases), but she doesn’t seem to be in any of their records. There are ten marriages for women named Ruby Hook on Ancestry, from 1911-1956, but these are in England and Wales.

Best wishes

Alan

By: Adele

Adele — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:06:45 +0000

The above mentioned story is pretty almost exactly the same as my grandmothers! Except her name was Ruby Hook. I was also wondering how to go about searching for her marriage certificate. I’ve looked as Scotland’s People, but I found the site to be somewhat not very linear and together. Any pointers or help you can give would be amazing.
Thanks
Adele

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:21:23 +0000

Hi Maria

A marriage in Gretna Green (or anywhere else in Scotland) in the mid 20th century would need to have taken place in a registry office or a church, and would have been a valid marriage.

Provided your mother was at least 16 years old, your grandmother couldn’t have had the marriage annuled, as you don’t need parental consent in Scotland.

I’ve searched on the ScotlandsPeople website, but there’s no sign of the marriage of a Sylvia Muriel Vidour or Vidofski (or any surname beginning with Vid-).

I see from Ancestry.co.uk that there is a marriage in Poole, Dorset in 1948 of a Sylvia M Vidour to an Alfred H G Dominey. I expect these are your parents.

You could try writing to the General Register Office for Scotland, New Register House, 3 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YT to see if they can help.

Good luck

Alan

By: Vidour

Vidour — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:37:21 +0000

The story is that in around 1944-45 my mother eloped to Gretna Green and married her sweetheart. However when they returned home my grandmother went balistic and had the marriage annuled. My mother and the feller went their seperate ways and that was that. Is it possible for me to be able to gain the marriage records of her and this man. Especially as when I only have my mothers name and not the man’s as well. All I know about him was that I believe he was Irish and his first name might of been Patrick but not certain. My mothers maiden name was Sylvia Muriel Vidour for short or Vidofski full length. Best wishes Maria….