You are wrong (unless things have changed)...........I was married in 1987...........We got our registration in Cortland County but were married in Tompkins county............the paperwork went back to Cortland County and we received our license from Cortland County.............. On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 07:34:49 EDT [email protected] writes: > In response to the posting about marriage licenses ... > > you have to get your marriage license for where you are getting > married. > > I lived in village of Gilbertsville, town of Butternuts, Otsego > County but > was being married in the city of Oneonta, Otsego Co, NY...so we had > to get > our marriage license at the city of Oneonta's clerks' office. > > You cannot get a license in one municipality and then get married > someplace > else...the license has to be from the clerk's office for the place > you are > getting married. > > My father lived in the town of Unadilla, Otsego County, but was > married in > Sidney, Delaware County...so he had to go to the town of Sidney > clerks office > for his license, so his marriage info would be at either the town of > Sidney > clerks' office, or at the Albany state vital records office. > Cyndie > > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit the GEN-NYS-L Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers!) web > page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/FAQ/GEN-NYS-L.txt > >