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 ===== Marriage certificates =====
 The marriage certificate contains information about the bride and groom, their name, age and town of origin. It also contains information about the parents. Most importantly, it either gives their residence or locates their death.
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+  Tips: If a parent is still alive, they are likely to die in the following decade. Hence, you can often use this information to find the death certificate.
- * If a parent is still alive, they are likely to die in the following decade. Hence, you can often use this information to find the death certificate. * A couple often married in the town where the wife was living. If you know where she was born, check there.
+ A couple often married in the town where the wife was living. If you know where she was born, check there.
 If you are lucky, the parents married in the same village as their child was born. The marriage certificate contains information about the bride and groom, but also about their parents. Most importantly, it locates their death or, if they are still alive, it gives the residence. In the later case, they are likely do die within the following decade in that village. Either way, you can easily find their death certificate. The death certificate contains the age, town of origin and the name of the parents, which makes it possible to find the birth certificate.