In a message dated 8/13/1 10:01:22 AM, you wrote: <<X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 20:25:09 -0700 From: Sharon Bookmyer <sbookie@pacbell.net> To: ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <3B774895.5E8A017E@pacbell.net> Subject: [ILMAGA] Marriage records Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi all, I have a photocopy out of a Morgan County marriage book, and I am puzzled at an abbreviation. The people performing the ceremonies are J.P., Justice of the Peace, and M.G.. Would that be Magistrate? Thanks! Sharon Bookmyer sbookie@pacbell.net Rout, Reynolds, Henderson, Woody>> This may be incorrect but I always thought M.G. meant Minister of the Gospel. I am often wrong on my assumptions however.