Research Tip: Marriage Records
I’ve recently been going back to my own family histories to try to fill in a few gaps. I was looking for a marriage in the civil records the other day and was reminded of a tip I learned when I first started studying genealogy, which may be helpful if you are just starting out.
When looking for a marriage among the Irish General Register Office records either in the GRO Dublin or online at FamilySearch, if I know the names of both husband and wife, I start my search by focusing on the more unusual of the two names. If I find an entry for that particular name for a given year, then I make a note of the volume and page number, and then search on the second spouse’s name. If I find that name, and the volume and page number correspond then I know I have the right record and am ready to order a copy.