> > I went off to an on-line database, created and maintained by a > > state's own government. I scoured it for a fairly uncommon surname, > > and copied the results into the database I created from a 1980s book > > on the family. > > > > I gotta tell you, there are some SERIOUS discrepancies between > > Marriage Record A and Marriage Record B! > > [snip] > > > Then there's the one where every detail of bride and groom match the > > database -- birthdates & places -- except that the marriage date > > makes him 11 months old at the time. I /don't/ think so. > > > > So, all the info is in the NOTES and discrepancies are marked. Let > > someone who doesn't know the participants figure it out. > > > > Bah. Humbug. > > > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> > > That difference in age could be from transposing the last two digits > of a year - possible in this case? > > news@picaxe.us Probably not ... I'm looking at a digital copy of the original register. Good thought though, and I'll go double-check to be certain, but I think it was one of the registers where each event had a single line and the entire page was from the year stated at the top of the page. Thanks. Cheryl singhals <singhals@erols.com>