Sometimes Elder or Brother, but not Doctor that I've ever heard of (except when they had a doctorate degree in theology). I do know that Physician's Credentials were often recorded in books in the county courthouse. You might see if the county you're searching in has anything like this. I'd be inclined to check with researchers rather than folks in the courthouse - they're more likely to have tripped over this sort of out-of-the-ordinary source. You can connect with any county web page from http://www.usgenweb.com. Another thought is that sometimes folks named a son Doctor as a first name rather than a title. General was another given name I've run across several times. Sometimes these stuck and sometimes a middle name or nickname was commonly used instead (I can readily understand why, can't you?). Hope this is of help. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com "Genealogy without documentation is mythology" ----- Original Message ----- From: <andover-mg@juno.com> To: <shakerag@mtnhome.com> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [AFHA] License to Preach and Marry People > Mysty, > In your experience, have you found that ministers are referred to as > "Dr." in the mid and late 1800s? I have been trying to track down a > Dr.Jim Davis who married my great grandmother without sucess. The AMA > did not keep records that early. All I know was that the 1900 census > shows his daughter as being born in MO and her father, who was by then > dead, being born in AR. Someone told me that I might be barking up the > wrong tree thinking he was a medical doctor rather than a preacher. Any > ideas? > Thanks, > Karen > > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:54:38 -0500 "Mysty McPherson" > <shakerag@mtnhome.com> writes: > >Sometimes in Arkansas, but not often, you'll find a ledger/book in > >the > >courthouse of some counties called something like "Preachers' > >Credentials." > >I found a dusty, old book like this in Marion Co, but it only had the > >credentials of maybe 8 or 10 preachers who had returned to or recently > >moved > >to Marion Co. with intentions of preaching - where they got the > >training to > >be a preacher basically. > > > >In every Arkansas county the representatives from various voting > >districts > >to the county government were called Justices of the Peace. These > >elected > >representatives had the power to perform marriages as did the county > >judge. > >Still do today, for that matter. Have no idea how things like this > >were > >handled in OK, but probably also on the county level. > > > >Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com > >"Genealogy without documentation is mythology" > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: taylorgen <cybermaster@azalea.net> > >To: <AFHA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 7:15 PM > >Subject: [AFHA] License to Preach and Marry People > > > > > >> Is there something to fine these registry some where?' > >> For arkansas and Oklahoma. > >> Thank Joann > >> > >> > >> ==== AFHA Mailing List ==== > >> Do you have an Arkansas resource sitting on your bookshelf? > >Volunteer and > >help others by listing yourself as a Lookup Volunteer on our website. > >Just > >email us at roots@myfamily.org > >> > >> ============================== > >> Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > >> RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > >> http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >> > > > > > >==== AFHA Mailing List ==== > >For your emails to go thru the list you have to be subscribed to the > >AFHA mail list To subscribe: send your emails to > >AFHA-L-request@rootsweb.com (replace the L with D for the digest mode) > >In your subject line type: subscribe (type unsubscribe if you wish to > >be removed from the list) To send your email to the list, whether you > >are on mail mode or digest mode address it to: AFHA-L@rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > >Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.