This plugin records a Marriage Certificate based on the format of the England and Wales Marriage Certificate/Parish Register since 1837.
It also creates of marriage, occupation and residence facts. To ensure consistency, it uses the Civil Registration Certificate Template for the source.
Prerequisites
Before it can be used, the “Civil Registration Certificate” template from the Essentials collection must have already been added to the project. This can be done by selecting Tools>Source Template Definitions and then highlight the template(s) and add to project.
This plugin does NOT create any individuals. Before it is called, It requires that a person is first selected and that that person is married.
Any fathers should be created before the plugin is called, as any name changed on the form will be considered as information printed on the certificate (text from source).
To avoid replication of input, the following fields are saved to be displayed next time the plugin is used:
Region, Repository, Assessment, Image Directory and Media Directory.
The Region is a dropdown list of Regions declared in the source template; Repository is a dropdown list of Repositories you have set up; and Assessment is a dropdown list of valid assessments for the source.
Image Directory is the windows directory where the marriage certificate image can be found. It can be populated by typing the directory name in manually, or found by pressing the ‘Image Directory’ button to the left of the field and showing a Windows Folder Dialog screen.
Media Directory is where the image of the Marriage Certificate will be saved. It can be populated in the same method for the Image Directory. Note you can create the appropriate media directory in the Windows Folder Dialog screen.
Form Fields
Region (Required):- this is a list of Regions declared in the source template
Repository : – this is a list of Repositories you have already set up
Where Married : – Address where marriage took place e.g. Parish Church (if known)
Marriage Place (Required) : Place married – either select from drop down for existing place or type new place which will be added as a new place
Entry Number: – Entry number of certificate (if known)
Date of Marriage (Required): – Date marriage took place
Name and Surname: -Pre selected on loading form – can be amended
Age : -Age when married (can be text e.g. Full Age)
Condition : – Dropdown list of condition (e.g. Bachelor, Spinster etc)
Rank or Profession: – Description of job (if known)
Residence at time of marriage: – Address of husband/wife living when married (if known)
Place : – Place husband/wife were living (if known)
Fathers name and surname: – Pre selected on loading form – can be amended
Rank of Profession (father): – Description of job (if known)
Rites and Ceremonies : – if stated (e.g. Established Church)
Marriage Type : – Dropdown list of marriage types (e.g. After Banns, By Licence etc)
In the Presence of : – List of witnesses to marriage
Married By (Required) : – Name of person performing the marriage
Assessment : – Dropdown list of valid assessments
Image Directory : – Directory to initiate search for image of certificate
Media Directory (Required): – Directory where image will be saved
As Source : – Dropdown list to determine name given to file when saved in the media directory
Options are As Source – filename same as source title
As Filename – filename same as original filename
My Choice – type your own filename in Image File field
Media : – Button to invoke windows file dialog to identify certificate image to be copied
Image File (Required): – name of media file to be created
Status : – status of form – e.g. errors or certificate saved
When you press the save button, the form is validated and any errors reported in the status bar.
If the action is successful, then the appropriate message is shown in that status bar.
When the certificate is saved, the ini file is updated to retain the Region, Repository, Assessment, Image Directory and Media Directory fields.
Saving a Certificate will create a source record for the marriage certificate and create a formatted ‘text from source’ and a link to a newly created media record. The source record is linked to the Marriage Fact.
The text written to the ‘text from source’ contains the values derived from the form as you have entered them.
This text can later be amended in the Citation record in Family Historian to correct any textual errors.
If the information has been provided, then the appropriate occupation and residence facts are created and linked to the source record. These can be for the husband, wife and their fathers (occupation only). Age will only saved as a text if a valid age (e.g. 25) is entered.
You will need to press the Exit button, after saving, to exit the form and return back to Family Historian.
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