The Marriage license is what you get and give to who ever marries you........The certificate of marriage is what you get from the Town Clerk......................... Actually, I still have the notice from the Town Clerk from the Town of Cortlandville.....It says....... Enclosed is your marriage certificate on the form provided by New York State. This certified copy of your marriage record is to be used for legal purposes such as change of name for payroll records, social security, etc. If another copy is ever needed, you must obtain it from the issuing clerk, not whomever married you. Hope that explains it......... On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:54:29 -0500 "Sherry Diegel" <[email protected]> writes: > Dear Patty, > What are the ground rules for a marriage "registration" vs. a > "license"? > OR, do they differ? > > Sherry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Patty Warner <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:59 PM > Subject: Re: marriage license > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > > Have you seen the USGenWeb New York Page? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/ > > > > > >