Hello Kristine, My Great-great aunt married in NSW in 1855, and when her husband died, she married his brother in 1865 in Victoria. I have both marriage certificates. Regards, Jill At 09:27 AM 24/02/2003 +1000, you wrote: >Hi Listers, >I wonder if anyone can help me. I have an ancestor who may have married >their widowed stepmother in the 1860s. There is no record of the marriage >taking place and I wanted to know if it was lawful at the time. They also >moved out of the area to a place where they were not known. I know that >widowed men could marry their wife's sister but widowed women could not >marry their husband's brother and I thought this case could also be one of >those laws. > > Kristine Wood > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237