This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4E684F85CDB05F880F1F9E1E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------4E684F85CDB05F880F1F9E1E Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 20:27:59 -0500 From: Susan & Ryan Tarrant <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Marriage bonds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can someone tell me why marriage bonds were signed and their purpose? Is there a way to get records from the bondsman that might be helpful or interesting for my family history? My great-grandfather William D. Bunn had to sign one when he married Mamie Mae Passon the widow of Victor Talley in Huntsville, Al. in Dec. of 1906. The bondsman was a J.M. Patterson. Any information on this subject or this family would be greatly appreciated! Susan Bunn Tarrant [email protected] --------------4E684F85CDB05F880F1F9E1E--