more recently I received the usual engraved and fancy package with envelopes and sub announcements and schedules... very costly ... all to announce by some friends that their daughter Miss _________________ was "marring" Mr. ________________________ on .... this would have been great for the column bottoms of the old New Yorker ron At 11:40 AM 12/31/1999 -0600, you wrote: >This marriage notice has nothing to do with any of my listservs, but >it was so funny that I thought all of you would get a huge laugh out >of a REAL marriage notice I found on microfilm. See below. > >Happy New Year! > >Ruth >The Toccoa Georgia News - August 10, 1889 > >Charlie White and Mary Barnes of Central, S. C. arrived in the city >last Thursday on the morning train, hired a horse and buggy, went to >Clarksville, obtained a license, returned here, went before Squire >Mulkey and got the matrimonial knot tied in time to return to Central >by the night train. The newly married couple seemed as happy as a >dead pig in the sunshine, but was sorter short on scads. They lacked >20 cents of having enough money to pay the Squire. Their baggage >consisted of a quart of licker and tickets to Central. But they >didn't want anything said about it in the paper, and of course their >wishes will be respected. >++++++++++++ > >Folks, I was at the library today looking over the microfilm I had >ordered through interloan library. The microfilm was on two reels >from the University of Georgia and consisted of all the microfilm >records they had on the Toccoa Georgia News in Habersham County, >Georgia. This marriage record was just too funny to pass up even >though it was not my ancestors. I promise you, I did NOT change a >single word or punctuation! > >This newspaper came out on Saturdays so the Thursday in question >would be August 8. 1889. > > >It's pretty difficult to improve when one is already near perfect. > >Researching the following surnames: >ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ARTERBERRY, BROCAS, C de BACA (VACA), DICKEN, >GOODSON, GUGLE/HAMMOND, HART, HOLLIDAY, HOPE, HOWARD, HUGHLETT, >IVESTER (ISBISTER), LEWIS, MITCHELL, NICHOLS, PADILLA, PEAKE, >PULLIAM, REMSHART, RUCKER, TATE, WATKINS > >Visit my homepage! New and always under construction! >http://www.tcac.net/~ruthptb/index.htm > > > > > > >==== GAFORSYT Mailing List ==== >Questions? Problems? Contact listowner: [email protected] > >