I have a question on Scottish marriages. I know that Scotland allowed marriages by declaration and that there were Gretna/Anvil marriages which were legal in Scotland. But were these marriages then also recognized as legal marriages in England? I ask because if the reason for the many of the young people to marry in Scotland was to get around the age requirements and these marriages weren't sanctioned by the Kirk, how then could these marriages be annulled? Or could they? Did they have to get a divorce and prior to the civil registration how did they get a divorce when the marriage was of an irregular kind an not of the church? I guess my question is what was the process of annulling a marriage that was not of the church? Did this occur thru a petition of one of the civil courts? Or was it just not done? Help? Jody -- Jody Allen, Scottish Scribbles Blog http://scottishscribbles.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: Scotland: Wallace, Mctaggart, Clarke, Mckean(d), McCartney, Stewart Ireland: Lynch, Drought Wales: Williams, Walsh