Marriage certificates

To track down the marriage certificate of an ancestor, you can use national indexes for all registered marriages. A marriage certificate can tell you quite a lot. As well as providing the place and date of marriage, and the names of the bride and groom, a record is made of their age, marital status, occupation and address. The name and occupation of the fathers of both bride and groom are also noted. You can use this information to extend your family tree even further back in time. Since you have their ages, and the names of their fathers, you can make a really good search for their birth certificates.