That may have been what happened to my grandparents i can find all of my great grandparents and back to the 1600 and even 1300 in england but i cant find my grandparents in the tri county area. thanks for putting a light on that for me... pam---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Janet" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:47:42 -0000 >What if the minister did not record the marriage in the place that he >married the couple. If the minister was traveling one then he recorded the >marriage up or down the river from the wedding place or he recorded when he >got home. >I have family living in VA the minister was from Maryland. That is where he >record my ancestor marriage. >Has anyone looked for the application of marriage? >This is wonderful for the couple filed it out. >Janet >----- Original Message ----- >From: Devenport, Jim <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:38 PM >Subject: RE: [DAVENPORT] Family Bible vs Census > > >> As I recall (it's been 20 years or more since I went to the courthouse and >> viewed these records), another doubt occurs about the minister's marriage >> certificate date because the ENTRY into the ledger or journal was at least >a >> month AFTER the wedding, so it's hard to take total faith in his date that >> is 3 days later than the fam Bible states. Any time something is written >> down, errors are common. >> One more reason for US to record events, thoughts, and memories >IMMEDIATELY, >> like the same day, or it will too soon grow fuzzy on the details. >> When different docs record different dates, and no way to disprove or >prove, >> I try to record ALL dates and sources where found. Makes interesting >> reading even if you can't figure out the exact date. >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rev. Paul D. Curtis [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:08 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [DAVENPORT] Family Bible vs Census >> >> >> I tend to believe the 'family Bible records' instead of the census, for >this >> reason: in the case of my own marriage, the Minister who performed our >> marriage wrote down the wrong date of our marriage. He wrote down the >> date he mailed in the Marriage Certificate [license] to the county instead >> of the date of our actual marriage. So, on the County Marriage Records >> the date recorded for our marriage is WRONG! >> >> My husband is a Minister and it's very easy to make this same mistake the >> way the Marriage Certificates are worded. It's a bit confusing to the >> Minister >> ...does he sign his name and date it the day of the actual marriage or the >> date he's mailing it in? I imagine many have made this mistake. >> >> Thel >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "pamandrandy" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 07:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] RE: Documentation >> >> >> > I can relate to that my husbands 3 great grandfather jerimiah davenport >> and his second wife sara fine snider davenport is a mess... >> > so who do we believe the census the records or the family bibles? if i >get >> information out of the census and then the birth and marriage bonds and >all >> three has different dates what do you do? >> > >> > pam rice church (searching for hubby's family) >> > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> > From: "Devenport, Jim" <[email protected]> >> > Reply-To: [email protected] >> > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:04:58 -0600 >> > >> > >Well, along this thread: >> > >My grandparents were married on 7 August 1910, according to their >family >> > >Bible. The marriage certificate, on file at the Chavez County >courthouse >> in >> > >Roswell, NM, signed by the minister who married them, states the >wedding >> > >date as 10 Aug 1910. So according to the "official" document, my >> > >grandparents were wrong in recording their wedding as 7 August. >Perhaps >> > >that was the day they obtained the marriage license or bond? Who >knows? >> > >The only thing I'm pretty certain of in this case is that they were >> married >> > >on one of these fine days in August. >> > >Errors occur for all sorts of reasons. I noticed that my >> > >great-great-grandmother Permelia Ann Reynolds, in one census recorded >> while >> > >she was living with her second husband, was listed as "age 39" when in >> fact >> > >she was 45, according to her family bible information and other >censuses. >> > >Might this have anything to do with the fact that her then-new husband >> > >listed his age as 40? Perhaps she fibbed about her age both to younger >> > >husband AND [Heaven Forbid] the census-taker? >> > >In later censuses her age is recorded accurately, but by then she was >no >> > >longer wed to a younger man. >> > >Surely she has to have been the only woman in history to have fibbed >> about >> > >her age or other statistics to a government official? <evil snicker> >> > >Jim Devenport >> > >(DNA participant anxiously awaiting results of the test. Hoping I >really >> AM >> > >a Devenport, and not the milkman's son, as my Dad often joked) >> >> >> ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >> For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> >> > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > >============================== >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 > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >