Sharman There are three possible dates relating to marriage which can appear in a Scottish OPR (Old Parish Register): (1) Date(s) of Proclamation of Banns (2) Date of "Booking" (3) Date of Marriage (1) is very uncommon, although the fact of proclamation(s) having been made from the pulpit is often stated. (2) is perhaps the most likely date to get from a Scottish OPR, taking the country as a whole. Practices varied from Parish to Parish, and from Session Clerk to Session Clerk within each Parish. The "booking" date - often indicated by a phrase like "were this day booked in order to marriage" was merely the date on which the couple's intention to marry was entered in the register. The words "and were married" are often added - perhaps an abbreviated form of this is what you refer to? Often this statement is all there is, which means that the register does not actually give the date of marriage. Researchers should always remember, where the two parties to the marriage came from different Parishes, to check the registers of both Parishes in case the second Parish gives fuller information. In countless cases, however, the marriage date itself is given in neither, and therefore cannot be discovered unless it exists in some other document (a family Bible, or a legal document perhaps, if you are VERY lucky). Usually, you just have to presume the wedding took place several days after the booking date. (3) is reasonably common, and is usually given as an adjunct to the Booking date - see (2) above, sometimes with the addition of the name of the officiating Minister. Note that the dates given in the IGI are often booking dates, not marriage dates, for the reasons given above. Hope this is a help. Arthur Arthur F. Jones Dumbarton Scotland afjones@mailhost.sol.co.uk At 01:15 08/04/1999 EDT, you wrote: >When I read the dates in a church register on which the banns were announced, >which of those dates is actually considered the wedding date. The final one? > >Also, in some 1700s register listings I was reading lately from Scotland, a >statement that the couple had "given up their names" was given followed by a >date, then a curliqued word (always the same) that looked something like >Extra and another date. Can anyone enlighten me as to which date was the >wedding date and what the Extra word might have been? > >Thanks, >Sharman Badgett-Young >Lynnwood, WA, USA >Researching TURNBULL, MONACH, ROY, ROUGH in Dumbartonshire and Renfrew > > >==== DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > ************************************************************** > BECOME A ROOTSWEB MEMBER OR SPONSOR - SUPPORT THIS GREAT SERVICE > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > >