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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 7 Send Message	Lynette	Report	5 Apr 2015 11:06
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 7 Send Message	Could someone please explain to me what the above means? I have typed in my ancestor's details and a record shows with "Boyd's 1st Misc".
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,522 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	5 Apr 2015 11:13
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,522 Send Message	It's part of Boyds Marriage Index. Very useful for early marriages.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	5 Apr 2015 11:14
	Google, google, google! Boyd's 1st Misc This marriage records index is part of a larger collection,Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840, which includes more than 1.4 million names that are not included in any of the separate county lists. The records in the Boyd's 1st Misc are complied from local parish records, Bishops' Transcripts, and marriage license indexes.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 7 Send Message	Lynette	Report	5 Apr 2015 12:11
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 7 Send Message	Thank you, so much nameslessone and Margee, you have been so helpful. Pardon my ignorance, I am still learning genealogy in England. I am still completing my Australian ancestors, now branching overseas.