From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Ian   
   Goddard  writes:   
   >On 15/11/19 17:58, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >> I've found a marriage of an Emma Fernyhough in 1902Q3 in King's   
   >>Norton,  to either Hiram Frederick Rhodes or Daniel Basson   
   >   
   >As you don't know the groom I take it you haven't bought a copy of the   
   >marriage certificate.  I'd have thought that would be an essential step   
   >but not a necessarily informative one.  If the mother doesn't want to   
      
   It's a remote part of my tree, so I'm not going to spend money on it.   
   Especially since, as you say, that may not answer the question.   
      
   >say who the father is - or maybe doesn't even know - there's nothing   
   >you can do about it.  I have a "John Smith" in my tree but Smith was   
   >the mother's maiden name and she was down as spinster some years later   
   >when she married.   
      
   Yes, I've got one of those (probably-fictitious first spouse with same   
   surname as mother's maiden name). [Unless it's incest, but (a) would she   
   admit that even to the registrar (b) I can't find a George in her near   
   family.]   
   >   
   >One other possible step would be to look for an affiliation order if   
   >there are any surviving records.   
      
   Ah, I hadn't heard of those; where would I look?   
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