I agree, Nancy. Affinity is a spiritual relationship : god child, god mother/father, etc. The dispensation would be very easy to get, which would make the 4 day turnaround feasible. However, if the bishop was just down the street, consanguinity could be dispensed from about as easily. Sometimes the bishops give the priests the power to grand dispensations. The "oblig." could be an abbreviation. That is why I like to look at the whole register to get an idea of how the priest wrote things. David At 02:59 PM 3/20/2008, you wrote: >Hi Nancy, >Good idea. I think that 'affinity' might be a good possibility. >I wasn't sure what the meaning of 'obli(?)' was. But if I use my >magnifying glass and take a real close look at the work 'obli..' it >looks like there might be a 'g' after the 'i' but that is all the >letters I make out. So it could very well as you said: 'obligata'. >Again, my lack of Latin shows. >Thanks for the help, >Charlie King > >Nancy wrote: >Charlie, > >I think you should also consider affinity (in addition to >consanguinity) as the reason for the need of a >dispensation. Perhaps, David, you could give Charlie your thinking on >that? > >The "obli." in the record is probably irrelevant to the facts in the >case. My reading would be that it is an abbreviation for >obligata(...), the ending of the full word dependent on the case of >"dispensation" in the original Latin record. >That would simply mean that the dispensation was required, and the >fact that the dispensation is noted has already told the reader that. > >Nancy > >_____________________________________________________________ >Click for free information on court reporter careers, $100 per hour potential. >http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/REAK6ZpO9b5XlXDUc6B4fisetbdLBixdOuYFH0Kuf01fF5Z4orHtO8/ > > > >********************************** >Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message