John, if they were legally (marriage certificate filed with county) married the first time then that is the marriage. If they divorced before the second occurrence then they could be "legally" married again. If not divorced then the second time did not involve the ministry (or one who performed the ceremony) did not file any papers with the county. The second time was a ceremonial renewal of their previous marriage. You could write the details in a note related to their marriage. Howard Ford > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Chapman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 6:26 AM > Subject: [FO] marriage event question > > > This is not a Family Origins problem, but a request for a solution to a > > "minor" problem I have with a marriage event. > > > > Our son eloped last year and of course we entered the data of his civil > > marriage, which is the actual date of his marriage. > > > > However, he and his wife have now had religious ceremony. > > Can anyone suggest how to handle this in FO 10? I doesn't seem logical, > > to me anyway, to list two "marriage" events. Or is it? with a note that > > the 2nd event was the religious ceremony. > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > John Chapman > > John Chapman

Thanks to all whom made suggestions on handling the 2 marriage "events" I'll probably go with just including the data and place of the religious "marriage" in the note field of the civil marriage date. I do realize that the civil marriage is the actual marriage event, but wanted to record for posterity that there was a second event and where and when it occurred. Thanks for all the suggestion. -- John Chapman "THESE are the times that try men's souls.." Thomas Paine 1776 Home Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~johnjay/