This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Asbells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5d.2ADE/465.1 Message Board Post: To me, it seems like someone has found the date they collected their license and the second date would be the date they married. The license is what I have found most frequently, but they may have married after that date. The Minister should have then registered the marriage and say he performed the ceremony. Sometimes a person finds the license and enters in that date for the marriage date. Just one scenario, anyway. In the later instance, it looks as if someone has found a date and made an assumption, I don't think they could marry in two states within 48 hours. Depending on where the source of information is for these databases, one is likely to be based on assumption. kind regards, Gaila