I did not mean to imply that a Marriage License was not required, and that it had to be signed and recorded/filed by the person who solemnizes the Marriage...but as for the Preacher/Clergyman having to be registered him/herself, I only know of one State (Oklahoma) that requires registration with the County...In Texas, it doesn't matter, Washington either...We are the UNITED STATES where Governemnt is not supposed to organize or interfere with religion, and Marriage is/was a religious institution in bygone eras. >From: Susan Goodin <sgoodin@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Preacher >Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 23:22:25 -0700 >As a "preacher," I know most contemporary clergy (or whoever will do the >marrying) must get a license to marry folks. Usually the license is only >good >for the state in which it's issued, although some states will let you cross >state lines for one time only situations (like family etc.) > >I don't for sure about early 20th century, but my guess is it wasn't too >different. Sue > >Gerald Gieger wrote: > > > In most states, a preacher only has to be recognized by his denomination >in > > order to be able to perform marriages...there is no state/county > > registration required...except with his own organization, i.e. Baptist, > > Methodist, etc. In the Church of Christ, any ordained Elder can perform > > Marriages... > > > > >From: Chris Strickland <nstrickland@ez-inter.net> > > >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Preacher > > >Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:41:59 -0400 > > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >Received: from [209.85.6.30] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > > >MHotMailBAF938150043D82197E9D155061E04150; Sat May 27 08:43:18 2000 > > >Received: (from slist@localhost)by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id > > >IAA00969;Sat, 27 May 2000 08:41:21 -0700 (PDT) > > >From GA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Sat May 27 08:44:34 2000 > > >Resent-Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 08:41:21 -0700 (PDT) > > >X-Original-Sender: nstrickland@ez-inter.net Sat May 27 08:41:20 2000 > > >Message-ID: <392FECC7.6EC44287@ez-inter.net> > > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) > > >X-Accept-Language: en > > >Old-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >References: <75.4b13492.2661222e@aol.com> > > >Resent-Message-ID: <247NVC.A.9O.hy-L5@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > > >Resent-From: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >X-Mailing-List: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2270 > > >X-Loop: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Precedence: list > > >Resent-Sender: GA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Lisa, > > >I do know that people who were "Justice of Peace" could marry people >also. > > >You > > >might > > >try that list as they should have been registered. > > >Chris > > > > > >BIGGAFIVE@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > If my great grandfather was able to marry people, shouldn't he have >to > > >be > > > > register with the state? This was around 1925 to about 1934. How >could I > > >find > > > > out if he was register? LISA > > > > > > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > > Faye Dyess fdy@gate.net Listmanager > > > > Thou shalt include a clear and specific subject line. > > > > Searchable Archives at: > > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > >==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > >Learn and Enjoy IRC Chats-Step by Step Instructions-It's free and fun > > >http://www.flash.net/~gen4m/ > > >Thou shalt ponder how thy recipient might react to thy message. > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Faye Dyess fdy.gate.net Listmanager > > VOLUNTEER TO TRANSCRIBE CENSUS FOR THE USGENWEB PROJECT > > http://www.usgenweb.org/census > > Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it. > > >==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Faye Dyess fdy@gate.net Listmanager >Thou shalt edit any quoted text down to the minimum thou needest. >DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com