Thanks Stan, Richard, and others who replied for helping to reduce the level of my ignorance Cheers Steve [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 25/05/2009 17:57:22 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > I understand getting married in the Register Office, but "by Certificate"? > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Marriages in England and Wales could be by: > 1) Banns > 2) Surrogate’s or Common Licence > 3) Special Licence > 4) Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate > 5) Superintendent Registrar’s Licence > > Under (1) (2) and (3) marriages may be solemnized by a Clergyman of the > Established Church of England in a licensed Church or Chapel of the Church of > England, or, if by Special Licence, in any place and at any time. > Under (4) they may, as in cases (1) and (2), be solemnized by a Clergyman > of the Established Church of England subject to his being willing to accept > the Certificate in lieu of Banns; and under (4) and (5) by or before a > Registrar of Marriages in a building of Roman Catholic or other denomination > duly registered by the Registrar-General; before a Registrar of Marriages and > a Superintendent Registrar in the District Register Office; or after the > 1898 Act .(Marriage; Nonconformist Places of Worship), before a person duly > authorised under the Act. Under this Act Roman Catholics and > Nonconformists were not required to have a civil Registrar present. > > Stan Mapstone > > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > [email protected] > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message