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It's an often overlooked fact that a vast amount of FamilySearch's collections cannot be found via the search on their site. Millions of free family history records are waiting to be discovered..............

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England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 993,246 26 Sep 2013

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[Since most Baptism and burial images have 16 entries on a double page, and most marr images have 4 pairs of spouses on a double page, it's clear the collection is only partly indexed.



However, http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ has indexed many marr entries from 1837 on, e.g.,
Most local civil BMD index refs follow a certain form:
1) the first element is a code identifying the church (or subdistrict for B & Ds);
2) the second element identifies, by sequence #, which of the church's (or registrar's) rego's contains the entry;
3) the last element is either an entry # or a page # - usually entry $s are used for marrs, so one knows who wed whom.
[The registrar's rego's all have 100 pages - church rego's have 250 pp - there are 5 B/D entries per page in a local rego, and 2 marrs per page (in both church and registrar's rego's).

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1888
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
LITTLE Joseph C MOOREHEAD Ada Cheetham, St. Mark Manchester 37/1/403


FS haven't indexed this yet, so follow te path below:
Using https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND
England, Lancashire, Ches...rish Registers, 1603-1910 > Lancashire > Cheetham, St Mark > Marriages, 1839-1892 > Image 202 of 250
You have to browse the images NB 2 entries per page, and want entry 403, & 403/2=202.