Border Strays

BORN IN THE BORDER COUNTIES OF SCOTLAND

THE ACCOMPANYING LIST CONTAINS NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED
FROM THE MARRIAGE INDEX (1853 - 1895) OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

Copies of these marriage certificates can be obtained from Registry of B.D.M., GPO Box 4332 Melbourne, Vic, 3001, Australia.

If everything has been filled in you can expect to find the following information on a Victorian Marriage Certificate.

For each of the parties to the marriage: full name; bachelor, spinster, widower or widow with date of death of former spouse; children, living and dead, of former marriage; place of birth; rank or profession; age; place of residence - both present and usual; parent's names (with mother's maiden name); and father's rank or profession.

Also given is the date and place of the marriage, and signatures of both parties, the officiating minister or register, and two witnesses.