Question about matching marriage records

MargeS

I have found two persons with similar marriage records. How do I know if they refer to the same marriage? Does the same GS film number mean it's the same marriage?

Name:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: Jul - Sep 1914
Event Place: Athlone, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1914
Registration District: Athlone
Volume Number: 3
Page Number: 2
GS Film number: 101262
Digital Folder Number: 004199364
Image Number: 00681

Name:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: Jul - Sep 1914
Event Place: Athlone, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1914
Registration District: Athlone
Volume Number: 3
Page Number: 2
GS Film number: 101262
Digital Folder Number: 004199364
Image Number: 00689

shanew

possibly the same marriage - once the registration district, year/quarter, volume and page match

the other references are LDS/Familysearch and not relevant to a possible cross-match

shanew

there are four marriages indexed for that particular register page - so 8 names in all. There's no way to be certain who married who based on the Index alone, but you may be able to work out likely pairings based on maiden names on later births if the couples stayed in the area.

Ponster

shanew wrote: »

but you may be able to work out likely pairings based on maiden names on later births if the couples stayed in the area.

Now if they hadn't pulled the access to the Civil Records you could spend a little time matching potential husbands and wives together and look at future births years after the marriage who have the correct mothers maiden name.

You could perhaps do the same thing right now on RootsIreland without having to spend any money on certs.

chrysagon

Rootsireland is an excellent site, a very good forum, i have found the benefits myself, but you cant beat using the parish records either.

pinkypinky

chrysagon wrote: »

Rootsireland is an excellent site, a very good forum, i have found the benefits myself, but you cant beat using the parish records either.

I wouldn't go as far as excellent. They've got great resources but it's overpriced, unless you're buying in large bulk, the search engine is not helpful and you only get transcripts, which means you can't verify the result. It's also very hard to find a list of which records each centre has.

chrysagon

i was talking about Rootireland..its a forum, you place your details and hopefully some one reading as much the same info,it has worked for me..and free

pinkypinky

What's the url? The only rootsireland I know is rootsireland.ie which is the site of the Irish Family History Foundation - who claim to be not for profit but charge for viewing parish records. I can't see a forum on the site.

kitchenkid

maybe the poster meant rootschat

chrysagon

Rootschat.com