Marriage banns were the way marriages were legalized for centuries in most of the western world. There are records of the Roman Catholic church requiring them as early as eight hundred years ago in...
Category - Marriage Research
Marriage Bonds: A Closer Look at Marriage Records #2
Marriage bonds are more common than marriage licenses in early colonial marriage records. Licenses didn’t become common until the mid to late 1800s. Bonds were usually used prior to that. This is...
Marriage Records: A Closer Look at Marriage Records #1
Marriage records are a basic part of genealogy research and are usually among the first official family records that beginning genealogists find. There can be a variety of information included on...